Jill harrington, a manager at jennings company, is considering several potential capital investment projects. data on these projects follow: project x project y project z initial investment $40,000 $20,000 $50,000 annual cash inflows 25,000 10,000 25,400 pv of cash inflows 45,000 33,000 70,000 required: 1. compute the payback period for each project and rank order them based on this criterion. (round your answers to 2 decimal places.) 2. compute the npv of each project and rank order them based on this criterion. 3. compute the profitability index of each project and rank order them based on this criterion. (round your answers to 2 decimal places.) 4. if jennings has limited funds to invest, which ranking should jill recommend? payback ranking profitability index ranking npv ranking

Horace society is planning its annual western fair raceway gala. the gala committee has assembled the following expected costs for the event: dinner (per person) $10 gaming token and program (per person) $2 prize payouts $4,300 tickets and advertising $800 private box suite rental $1,700 lottery licenses $200 the committee members would like to charge $40 per person for the evening’s activities.required: 1. what is the break-even point for the dinner-dance (in terms of the number of persons who must attend)? 2. assume that last year only 200 persons attended the dinner-dance. if the same number attend this year, what price per ticket must be charged in order to break even? 3. refer to the original data ($40 ticket price per person). prepare a cvp graph for the dinner- dance from zero tickets up to 600 tickets sold.