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A brilliant young scientist is killed in a plane crash

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12)A brilliant young scientist is killed in a plane crash. It is anticipated that he could have earned $340,000 a year for the next 20 years. The attorney for the plaintiff’s estate argues that the lost income should be discounted back to the present at 7 percent. The lawyer for the defendant’s insurance company argues for a discount rate of 14 percent.
 What is the difference between the present value of the settlement at 7 percent and 14 percent? Compute each one separately. Use Appendix D for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
  Present Value  PV at 7% rate$    PV at 14% rate      Difference$   

 
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Speedy Delivery Systems

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11)Speedy Delivery Systems can buy a piece of equipment that is anticipated to provide a return of 7 percent and can be financed at 4 percent with debt. Later in the year, the firm turns down an opportunity to buy a new machine that would yield a return of 11 percent but would cost 13 percent to finance through common equity. Assume debt and common equity each represent 50 percent of the firm’s capital structure.
 a.Compute the weighted average cost of capital. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)
   Weighted average cost of capital %  
 b.Which project(s) should be accepted?   New machinePiece of equipment

 
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v12. Marin Products produces three products – DBB-1, DBB-2, and DBB-3

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    v12. Marin Products produces three products – DBB-1, DBB-2, and DBB-3 from a joint
process. Each

product may be sold at the split-off point or processed further. Additional
processing requires no special facilities, and production costs of further processing are
entirely variable and traceable to the products involved. Key information about Marin’s
production, sales, and costs follows.
DBB-1
DBB-2
DBB-3
Total
Units sold
16,000
24,000
36,000
76,000
Price (after addt’l
processing)
$65
$50
$75
Separable Processing
cost
$110,000
$44,000
$66,000
$220,000
Units produced
16,000
24,000
36,000
76,000
Total Joint Cost
$3,600,000
Sales Price at Split-off
$25
$35
$55
The amount of joint costs allocated to product DBB-2 using the sales value at split-off
method is (calculate all ratios and percentages to 2 decimal places, for example 33.33%,
and round all dollar amounts to the nearest whole dollar):
$939,240
$216,870
$447,120
$757,800
$2,213,640

 
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Ecology Labs, Inc.

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10)Ecology Labs, Inc., will pay a dividend of $5.25 per share in the next 12 months (D1). The required rate of return (Ke) is 22 percent and the constant growth rate is 10 percent. (Each question is independent of the others.)   a.Compute the price of Ecology Labs’ common stock. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)      Price$       b.Assume Ke, the required rate of return, goes up to 25 percent. what will be the new price? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)      New price$     c.Assume the growth rate (g) goes up to 15 percent. what will be the new price? Ke goes back to its original value of 22 percent. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)    New price$       d.Assume D1 is $6.00. what will be the new price? Assume Ke is at its original value of 22 percent and g goes back to its original value of 10 percent. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)      New price$

 
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