P1-1 Liability comparisons Merideth Harper has invested $25,000 in Southwest Development Company. The firm has recently declared bankruptcy and has $60,000 in unpaid debts. Explain the nature of payments, if any, by Merideth in each of the following situations. a. Southwest Development Company is a sole proprietorship owned by Ms. Harper. b. Southwest Development Company is a 50-50 partnership of Merideth Harper and Christopher Black. Southwest Development Company is a corporation C. P1-4 Marginal cost-benefit analysis and the goal of the firm Ken Allen, capital budgeting analyst for Bally Gears, Inc., has been asked to evaluate a proposal. The manager of the automotive division believes that replacing the robotics used on the heavy truck gear line will produce total benefits of $560,000 (in today's dollars) over the next 5 years. The existing robotics would produce benefits of $400,000 (also in today's dollars) over that same time period. An initial cash investment of $220,000 would be required to install the new equipment. The manager estimates that the existing robotics can be sold for $70,000. Show how Ken will apply marginal cost-benefit analysis techniques to determine the following: The marginal benefits of the proposed new robotics. b. The marginal cost of the proposed new robotics. C. The net benefit of the proposed new robotics. d. What should Ken recommend that the company do? Why? e. What factors besides the costs and benefits should be considered before the final decision is made? a. E5 -1 Assume that a firm makes a $2,500 deposit into a short-term investment account. If this account is currently paying 0.7% (yes, that's right, less than 1%!), what will the account balance be after 1 year? P5-3 Future value You have $100 to invest. If you put the money into an account earning 5% interest compounded annually, how much money will you have in 10 years? How much money will you have in 10 years if the account pays 5% simple interest? P5-9 Single-payment loan repayment A person borrows $200 that he must repay in a lump sum no more than 8 years from now. The interest rate is 8.5% annually compounded. The borrower can repay the loan at the end of any earlier year with no prepayment penalty. a. What amount will be due if the borrower repays the loan after 1 year? b. How much would the borrower have to repay after 4 years? What amount is due at the end of the eighth year? P1-1 Liability comparisons Merideth Harper has invested $25,000 in Southwest Development Company. The firm has recently declared bankruptcy and has $60,000 in unpaid debts. Explain the nature of payments, if any, by Merideth in each of the following situations. a. Southwest Development Company is a sole proprietorship owned by Ms. Harper. b. Southwest Development Company is a 50-50 partnership of Merideth Harper and Christopher Black. Southwest Development Company is a corporation C. P1-4 Marginal cost-benefit analysis and the goal of the firm Ken Allen, capital budgeting analyst for Bally Gears, Inc., has been asked to evaluate a proposal. The manager of the automotive division believes that replacing the robotics used on the heavy truck gear line will produce total benefits of $560,000 (in today's dollars) over the next 5 years. The existing robotics would produce benefits of $400,000 (also in today's dollars) over that same time period. An initial cash investment of $220,000 would be required to install the new equipment. The manager estimates that the existing robotics can be sold for $70,000. Show how Ken will apply marginal cost-benefit analysis techniques to determine the following: The marginal benefits of the proposed new robotics. b. The marginal cost of the proposed new robotics. C. The net benefit of the proposed new robotics. d. What should Ken recommend that the company do? Why? e. What factors besides the costs and benefits should be considered before the final decision is made? a. E5 -1 Assume that a firm makes a $2,500 deposit into a short-term investment account. If this account is currently paying 0.7% (yes, that's right, less than 1%!), what will the account balance be after 1 year? P5-3 Future value You have $100 to invest. If you put the money into an account earning 5% interest compounded annually, how much money will you have in 10 years? How much money will you have in 10 years if the account pays 5% simple interest? P5-9 Single-payment loan repayment A person borrows $200 that he must repay in a lump sum no more than 8 years from now. The interest rate is 8.5% annually compounded. The borrower can repay the loan at the end of any earlier year with no prepayment penalty. a. What amount will be due if the borrower repays the loan after 1 year? b. How much would the borrower have to repay after 4 years? What amount is due at the end of the eighth year?
