On january 1, 2012, albert invested $1,000 at 6 percent interest per year for three years. the cpi (times 100) on january 1, 2012, stood at 100. on january 1, 2013, the cpi was 105; on january 1, 2014, it was 110; and on january 1, 2015, the day albert’s investment matured, the cpi was 118. find the real rate of interest earned by albert in each of the three years and his total real return over the three-year period. assume that interest earnings are reinvested each year and themselves earn interest. hint: calculate inflation and real interest for each year and then calculate it for the three years as a whole. instructions: enter your responses rounded to one decimal place. if you are entering any negative numbers be sure to include a negative sign in front of those numbers. year real rate of interest 2012 % 2013 % 2014 % total real rate of return: %.

Reactive power generation has the following capital structure. its corporate tax rate is 40%. security market value required rate of return debt $ 30 million 4 % preferred stock 30 million 6 common stock 40 million 10 what is its wacc? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Actual usage for the year by the marketing department was 70,000 copies and by the operations department was 330,000 copies. if a dual-rate cost-allocation method is used, what amount of copying facility costs will be budgeted for the operations department?

Eliminating entries (including goodwill impairment) and worksheets for various years on january 1, 2013, porter company purchased an 80% interest in the capital stock of salem company for$850,000. at that time, salem company had capital stock of $550,000 and retained earnings of $80,000.differences between the fair value and the book value of the identifiable assets of salem company were asfollows: fair value in excess of book valueequipment$130,000land65,000inventory40,000the book values of all other assets and liabilities of salem company were equal to their fair values onjanuary 1, 2013. the equipment had a remaining life of five years on january 1, 2013. the inventory was sold in2013.salem company’s net income and dividends declared in 2013 and 2014 were as follows: year 2013 net income of $100,000; dividends declared of $25,000year 2014 net income of $110,000; dividends declared of $35,000required: a.prepare a computation and allocation schedule for the difference between book value of equity acquired andthe value implied by the purchase price.b.present the eliminating/adjusting entries needed on the consolidated worksheet for the year endeddecember 31, 2013. (it is not necessary to prepare the worksheet.)lo6lo1