Slow Roll Drum Co. is evaluating the extension of credit to a new group of customers. Although these customers will provide $504,000 in additional credit sales, 13 percent are likely to be uncollectible. The company will also incur $17,900 in additional collection expense. Production and marketing costs represent 70 percent of sales. The firm is in a 35 percent tax bracket. No other asset buildup will be required to service the new customers. The firm has a 8 percent desired return. Assume the average collection period is 72 days. a. Compute the return on incremental investment. (Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Use a 360-day year.) b. Should credit be extended to the new group of customers

Sarah salesrep is brand new to her job selling "lifetime" printers that never need replacement ink cartridges. the problem is that these printers cost ten times more than a regular printer, so it is difficult to get prospective buyers to understand the cost savings of buying it. to break through the barrier and begin making sales, sarah should use a analysis that highlights her printer's lower cost.

Burke enterprises is considering a machine costing $30 billion that will result in initial after-tax cash savings of $3.7 billion at the end of the first year, and these savings will grow at a rate of 2 percent per year for 11 years. after 11 years, the company can sell the parts for $5 billion. burke has a target debt/equity ratio of 1.2, a beta of 1.79. you estimate that the return on the market is 7.5% and t-bills are currently yielding 2.5%. burke has two issuances of bonds outstanding. the first has 200,000 bonds trading at 98% of par, with coupons of 5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 5 years. the second has 500,000 bonds trading at par, with coupons of 7.5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 12 years. kate, the ceo, usually applies an adjustment factor to the discount rate of +2 for such highly innovative projects. should the company take on the project?

In north korea, a farmer’s income is the same as a dentist’s income. in a country with a mixed or market economy, the difference between those two professions might be more than 5 times different. how can you explain the fact that individuals doing the same work in different countries do not earn comparable salaries?