Principles of Corporate Finance (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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Author: Richard A Brealey, Stewart C Myers, Franklin Allen
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Chapter 6, Problem 20PS
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Marsha had been renting a transporter every other week for $200 per day plus $1.00 per mile. Most of the trips are 80 or 100 miles in total. Marsha usually gives the driver a $40 tip. With the new transporter she will only have to pay for diesel fuel and maintenance, at about $.45 per mile. Insurance costs for Marsha’s transporter are $1,200 per year.
The transporter will probably be worth $15,000 (in real terms) after eight years, when Marsha’s horse Brad will be ready to retire. Is the transporter a positive-NPV investment? Assume a nominal discount rate of 9% and a 3%
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Beryl's Iced Tea currently rents a bottling machine for $52,000 per year, including all maintenance expenses. It is considering purchasing a machine instead, and is comparing two options:
a. Purchase the machine it is currently renting for $150,000. This machine will require $23,000 per year in ongoing maintenance expenses.
b. Purchase a new, more advanced machine for
$255,000. This machine will require $15,000 per year in ongoing maintenance expenses and will lower bottling costs by $12,000 per year. Also, $35,000 will be spent upfront training the new operators of the machine. Suppose the appropriate discount rate is 8% per year and the machine is purchased today. Maintenance and bottling costs are paid at the end of each year, as is the rental of the machine. Assume also that the machines will be depreciated via the straight-line method over seven years and that they have a ten-year life with a negligible salvage value. The corporate tax rate is 20%.
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Principles of Corporate Finance (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
Ch. 6 - Cash flows Which of the following should be...Ch. 6 - Real and nominal flows Mr. Art Deco will be paid...Ch. 6 - Cash flows True or false? a. A projects...Ch. 6 - Depreciation How does the PV of depreciation tax...Ch. 6 - Working capital The following table tracks the...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6PSCh. 6 - Prob. 7PSCh. 6 - Mutually exclusive investments and project lives...Ch. 6 - Replacement decisions Machine C was purchased five...Ch. 6 - Prob. 10PS
Ch. 6 - Prob. 12PSCh. 6 - Working capital Each of the following statements...Ch. 6 - Depreciation Ms. T. Potts, the treasurer of Ideal...Ch. 6 - Project NPV and IRR A project requires an initial...Ch. 6 - Project NPV A widget manufacturer currently...Ch. 6 - Project NPV Marsha Jones has bought a used...Ch. 6 - Project NPV United Pigpen is considering a...Ch. 6 - Project NPV Hindustan Motors has been producing...Ch. 6 - Equivalent annual cash flows As a result of...Ch. 6 - Prob. 25PSCh. 6 - Replacement decisions Hayden Inc. has a number of...Ch. 6 - Prob. 27PSCh. 6 - Prob. 28PSCh. 6 - Prob. 29PSCh. 6 - Prob. 30PSCh. 6 - The cost of excess capacity The presidents...Ch. 6 - Effective tax rates One measure of the effective...Ch. 6 - Equivalent annual costs We warned that equivalent...
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