Bubbly Waters currently sells 530 Class A spas, 680 Class C spas, and 430 deluxe model spas each year. The firm is considering adding a mid-class spa and expects that if it does, it can sell 605 units per year. However, if the new spa is added, Class A sales are expected to decline to 340 units while the Class C sales are expected to increase to 705. The sales of the deluxe model will not be affected. Class A spas sell for an average of $16,500 each. Class C spas are priced at $8,300 and the deluxe models sellfor $19,300 each. The new mid-range spa will sell for $10,300. What annual sales figure should you use in your analysis?

You are the manager of a project that has a degree of operating leverage of 1.84 and a required return of 15 percent. Due to the current state of the economy, you expect unit sales to decrease by 3.5 percent next year. What change should you expect in the operating cash flows next year given your sales prediction?

Alumak, Incorporated, uses high-tech equipment to produce specialized products. Each one of its machines costs $55,000 to purchase plus an additional $6,000 per year to operate. The machines have a four-year life after which they are worthless. What is the equivalent annual cost of one of these machines if the required return is 15 percent?

Hatch Idea Labs purchased some equipment two years ago for $287,600. These assets are classified as five-year property for MACRS. The MACRS rates are .2, .32, .192, .1152, .1152, and .0576, for Years 1 to 6, respectively. The company is currently replacing this equipment so the old equipment is being sold for $150,000. What is the aftertax salvage value from this sale if the tax rate is 21 percent and no bonus depreciation is claimed?

Webster’s has sales of $798,000 and a profit margin of 6.8 percent. The annual depreciation expense is $82,600. What is the amount of the operating cash flow if the company has no long-term debt?

A firm’s total investment in accounts receivables depends primarily on the firm’s:

BrummittCorporation is evaluating a new 4-year project. The equipment necessary for the project will cost $2,300,000 and can be sold for $293,000 at the end of the project. The asset is in the 5-year MACRS class. The depreciation percentage each year is 20.00 percent, 32.00 percent, 19.20 percent, 11.52 percent, and 11.52 percent, respectively. The company’s tax rate is 21 percent. What is the aftertax salvage value of the equipment?

Miller Stores has an overall beta of 1.38 and a cost of equity of 12.7 percent for the company overall. The firm is all-equity financed. Division A within the firm has an estimated beta of 1.52 and is the riskiest of all of the company’s operations. What is an appropriate cost of capital for Division A if the market risk premium is 7.4 percent?

Projects A and B are mutually exclusive and have an initial cost of $78,000 each. Project A has annual cash flows for Years 1 to 3 of $28,300, $31,500, and $22,300, respectively. Project B has annual cash flows for Year 1 of $36,900 and $40,500 for Year 2. What is the crossover rate?

Deep Mining and Precious Metals are separate firms that are both considering a silver mining project. Deep Mining is in the actual mining business and has an aftertax cost of capital of 16.2 percent. Precious Metals is in the precious gem retail business and has an aftertax cost of capital of 13.4 percent. The project under consideration has initial costs of $950,000 and anticipated annual cash inflows of $165,000 a year for 12 years. Which firm(s), if either, should accept this project?