Discounted Payback. Your company is seriously considering investing in a newproject opportunity, but cash flow is tight. Top management is concerned about how long it will take for this new project to pay back the initial investment of $50,000. You have determined that the project should generate inflows of $30,000,$30,000, $40,000, $25,000, and $15,000 for the next five years. Your firms required rate of return is 15%. How long will it take to pay back the initial investment?

What is the opportunity cost in this scenario? harry has been very busy at work for the past two weeks. he has been working weekends too. finally, he is going to get a weekend off. originally, he planned to paint his apartment that weekend. he also considered going fishing for the weekend. but then his parents called and asked him to come for dinner because it has been a while since they have seen each other. later on, his friend theo informed him about a surprise birthday party for another friend. theo plans to reserve a room at a restaurant for the celebration, with the cost to reserve the room split between theo, harry, and three other friends. now harry is confused about what he should do over the weekend. he decides that, for him, the most important commitments are going over to his parent's house and attending his friend's birthday party. in the end, harry decides to see his parents.

On july 1, oura corp. made a sale of $ 450,000 to stratus, inc. on account. terms of the sale were 2/10, n/30. stratus makes payment on july 9. oura uses the net method when accounting for sales discounts. ignore cost of goods sold and the reduction of inventory. a. prepare all oura's journal entries. b. what net sales does oura report?

Why is efficiency an important economic goal?