Perit industries has $190,000 to invest. the company is trying to decide between two alternative uses of the funds. the alternatives are: project a project b cost of equipment required $ 190,000 $ 0 working capital investment required $ 0 $ 190,000 annual cash inflows $ 28,000 $ 48,000 salvage value of equipment in six years $ 8,900 $ 0 life of the project 6 years 6 years the working capital needed for project b will be released at the end of six years for investment elsewhere. perit industries’ discount rate is 15%. click here to view exhibit 12b-1 and exhibit 12b-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.

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1. compute the net present value of project a. (enter negative value with a minus sign. round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

2. compute the net present value of project b. (enter negative value with a minus sign. round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

3. which investment alternative (if either) would you recommend that the company accept?

After much consideration, you have chosen cancun over ft. lauderdale as your spring break destination this year. however, spring break is still months away, and you may reverse this decision. which of the following events would prompt you to reverse this decision? a. the marginal cost of going to cancun decreases.b. the marginal cost of going to ft. lauderdale decreases.c. the marginal benefit of going to cancun increases.d. the marginal benefit of going to ft. lauderdale decreases.

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.

The new york company produces high quality chairs. variable manufacturing overhead is applied at a standard rate of $12 per machine hour. each chair requires a standard quantity of six machine hours. production for the month totaled 4,000 units. calculate: the standard cost per unit for variable overhead. select one: a. $130,000 b. $192,000 c. $90,000 d. $100,000