An investment project provides cash flows of $7,000 per year for 10 years. If the initial cost is $20,000, what is the payback period?

Currently, Rangel Accessories sells 42,600 handbags annually at an average price of $149 each. It is considering adding a lower-priced line of handbags that sell for $79 each. The firm estimates it can sell 21,000 of the lower-priced handbags but expects to sell 7,200 fewer of the higher-priced handbags by doing so. What is the amount of annual sales that should be used when evaluating the addition of the lower-priced handbags?

The Taco Truck has projected next year’s quarterly sales at $960, $890, $980, and $1,050 for Quarters 1 to 4, respectively. Accounts receivable at the beginning of the year are $212 and the collection period is 18 days. What is the amount of the accounts receivable balance at the end of Quarter 2? Assume a year has 360 days.

A project has an accounting break-even point of 7,264 units. The fixed costs are $164,800 and the projected variable cost per unit is $24.57. The project will require $398,000 for fixed assets which will be depreciated straight-line to zero over the project’s four-year life. What is the projected sales price per unit?

ParkCrest, Incorporated, is considering a new 10-year expansion project with an initial fixed asset investment of $132,900. The fixed asset will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its 10-year tax life, after which time it will be worthless. No bonus depreciation will be taken. The project is estimated to generate $99,000 in annual sales, with costs of $34,300. The tax rate is 22 percent and the required return is 14.8 percent. What is the net present value of this project?

Consider the following information on three stocks: State of Economy Probability of State of Economy Rate of Return if State Occurs Stock A Stock B Stock C Boom .15 .27 .15 .11 Normal .65 .14 .11 .09 Bust .20 −.19 −.06 .05 A portfolio is invested 45 percent each in Stock A and Stock B, and 10 percent in Stock C. The expected T-bill rate is 3.2 percent. What is the expected risk premium on the portfolio?

You purchased 360 shares of stock at a price of $40.32 per share. Over the last year, you have received total dividend income of $405. What is the dividend yield?

Mariota’s has annual sales of $569,300 and cost of goods sold of $370,045. The beginning accounts receivable was $45,700 and the ending receivables is $53,200. How many days, on average, does it take the company to collect its accounts receivable? Assume 365 days per year.

Fitzgerald, Incorporated, is evaluating a project that will increase annual sales by $198,600 and annual cash costs by $94,500. The project will initially require $187,000 in fixed assets that will be depreciated straight-line to a zero book value over the four-year life of the project. No bonus depreciation will be taken. The applicable tax rate is 22 percent. What is the operating cash flow for this project?

Assume the market rate of return is 10.1 percent and the risk-free rate of return is 3.2 percent. Lexant stock has 2 percent less systematic risk than the market and has an actual return of 10.2 percent. This stock: