Internal rate of return manzer enterprises is considering two independent investments: a new automated materials handling system that costs $900,000 and will produce net cash inflows of $300,000 at the end of each year for the next four years. a computer-aided manufacturing system that costs $775,000 and will produce labor savings of $400,000 and $500,000 at the end of the first year and second year, respectively. manzer has a cost of capital of 8 percent. the present value tables provided in exhibit 19b.1 and exhibit 19b.2 must be used to solve the following problems. required:

1. calculate the irr for the first investment. enter your answers as whole percentage values (for example, 16% should be entered as "16" in the answer box). between % and %. determine if it is acceptable or not.
2. calculate the irr of the second investment. use 12 percent as the first guess. enter your answers as whole percentage values (for example, 16% should be entered as "16" in the answer box). between % and %. comment on its acceptability.
3. what if the cash flows for the first investment are $250,000 instead of $300,000.

When slick heating company switched to an activity based costing system, it realized that it was allocating a much lower percentage of factory overhead to a product line that the marketing department was trying to push. the product line may contain which type of products?

The following selected circumstances relate to pending lawsuits for erismus, inc. erismus’s fiscal year ends on december 31. financial statements are issued in march 2019. erismus prepares its financial statements according to u.s. gaap. required: indicate the amount erismus would record as an asset, liability, or not accrued in the following circumstances. 1. erismus is defending against a lawsuit. erismus's management believes the company has a slightly worse than 50/50 chance of eventually prevailing in court, and that if it loses, the judgment will be $1,000,000. 2. erismus is defending against a lawsuit. erismus's management believes it is probable that the company will lose in court. if it loses, management believes that damages could fall anywhere in the range of $2,000,000 to $4,000,000, with any damage in that range equally likely. 3. erismus is defending against a lawsuit. erismus's management believes it is probable that the company will lose in court. if it loses, management believes that damages will eventually be $5,000,000, with a present value of $3,500,000. 4. erismus is a plaintiff in a lawsuit. erismus's management believes it is probable that the company eventually will prevail in court, and that if it prevails, the judgment will be $1,000,000. 5. erismus is a plaintiff in a lawsuit. erismus’s management believes it is virtually certain that the company eventually will prevail in court, and that if it prevails, the judgment will be $500,000.

Marketing1. suppose the average price for a new disposable cell phone is $20, and the total market potential for that product is $4 million. topco, inc. has a planned market share of 10 percent. how many phones does topco have the potential to sell in this market? 20,0002. use the data from question 3 to calculate topco, inc.'s planned market share in dollars. $400,0003. atlantic car rental charges $29.95 per day to rent a mid-size automobile. pacific car rental, atlantic's main competitor, just reduced prices on all its car rentals. in response, atlantic reduced its prices by 5 percent. now how much does it cost to rent a mid-size automobile from atlantic? $28.45