In 2014, a farmer grows and sells $3 million worth of corn to big flakes cereal company. big flakes cereal company produces $8 million worth of cereal in 2014, with sales to households during the year of $7 million. the unsold $1 million worth of cereal remains in big flake cereal company's inventory at the end of 2014. the transactions just described contribute how much to gdp for 2014?

Pennewell publishing inc. (pp) is a zero growth company. it currently has zero debt and its earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) are $80,000. pp's current cost of equity is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. the firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $48.00. refer to the data for pennewell publishing inc. (pp). pp is considering changing its capital structure to one with 30% debt and 70% equity, based on market values. the debt would have an interest rate of 8%. the new funds would be used to repurchase stock. it is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the added leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise to 12%. if this plan were carried out, what would be pp's new value of operations? a. $484,359 b. $521,173 c. $584,653 d. $560,748 e. $487,805