The Branding Iron Company sells its irons for $60 apiece wholesale. Production cost is $50 per iron.

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The Branding Iron Company sells its irons for $60 apiece wholesale. Production cost is $50 per iron. There is a 25% chance that a prospective customer will go bankrupt within the next half-year. The customer orders 1,000 irons and asks for 6 months’ credit. What is the expected profit of accepting the order? Should Branding Iron accept the order? Assume the discount rate is 8% per year, there is no chance of a repeat order, and the customer will either pay in full or not pay at all.

Discount Rate
Depending upon the context, the discount rate has two different definitions and usages. First, the discount rate refers to the interest rate charged to the commercial banks and other financial institutions for the loans they take from the Federal...
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 978-1260566093

10th edition

Authors: Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Alan Marcus

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