Baldock inc. is considering the acquisition of a new machine that costs $420,000 and has a useful life of 5 years with no salvage value. the incremental net operating income and incremental net cash flows that would be produced by the machine are: incremental net operating income incremental net cash flows year 1 $61,000 $145,000 year 2 $67,000 $151,000 year 3 $78,000 $162,000 year 4 $41,000 $125,000 year 5 $83,000 $167,000 assume cash flows occur uniformly throughout a year except for the initial investment. the payback period of this investment is closest to: 5.0 years 2.8 years 3.2 years 1.9 years

Afirm wants to hire a project manager (pm) at a salary of $100,000. 30% of pms have high ability, and 70% of pms have low ability. high ability pms generate $120,000 in revenue and low ability pms generate $80,000 in revenue. in addition to differences in productivity, high and low ability pms have different outside offers. if a high ability pm is not hired by the firm, she can work for another company at a salary of $80,000. if the low ability pm is not hired by the firm, she can work for another company for $70,000. high ability pms are also able to get a project management professional (pmp) certification at a cost of $1,000. low ability pms are unable to get a pmp certification (they would fail the test). the firm is not able to observe a pm’s ability, but is able to observe and verify whether or not the pm has a pmp certificate.(a) draw the extensive form of the game.expert answer