Vanessa Company is evaluating two projects. project 1 is a project requiring a capital expenditure of 814,400. the project has an estimated life of four years and no salvage value. The estimated net income and net cash flow from the project are as follows:

Year Net income Net cash flow

1 90,000 210,000
2 80,000 200,000
3 40,000 160,000
4 30,000 150,000
5 240,000 720,000

Companys minimum desired rate or returen for net present value analysis is 15 %. The present value of the $1 at compound intrest of 15% for 1,2,3,4 years is 0.870 0.756 0.658 and 0.572. Determine the average rate of return on investment using straight line method and net present value.

An office manager is concerned with declining productivity. despite the fact that she regularly monitors her clerical staff four times each day—at 9: 00 am, 11: 00 am, 1: 00 pm, and again at 3: 00 pm—office productivity has declined 30 percent since she assumed the helm one year ago. would you recommend that the office manager invest more time monitoring the productivity of her clerical staff? explain.

Problem 2-18 job-order costing for a service company [lo2-1, lo2-2, lo2-3]speedy auto repairs uses a job-order costing system. the company's direct materials consist of replacement parts installed in customer vehicles, and its direct labor consists of the mechanics' hourly wages. speedy's overhead costs include various items, such as the shop manager's salary, depreciation of equipment, utilities, insurance, and magazine subscriptions and refreshments for the waiting room. the company applies all of its overhead costs to jobs based on direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it made the following estimates: direct labor-hours required to support estimated output 10,000fixed overhead cost $ 90,000variable overhead cost per direct labor-hour $ 1.00 required: 1. compute the predetermined overhead rate.2. during the year, mr. wilkes brought in his vehicle to replace his brakes, spark plugs, and tires. the following information was available with respect to his job: direct materials $ 600direct labor cost $ 180direct labor-hours used 2 compute mr. wilkes' total job cost. 3. if speedy establishes its selling prices using a markup percentage of 30% of its total job cost, then how much would it have charged mr. wilkes?

How did the contribution of the goods producing sector to gdp growth change between 2010 and 2011 a. it fell by 0.3%. b. it fell by 2.3%. c. it rose by 2.3%. d. it rose by 0.6%. the answer is b