The management of elamin corporation is considering the purchase of a machine that would cost $365,695 and would have a useful life of 9 years. the machine would have no salvage value. the machine would reduce labor and other operating costs by $61,000 per year. the internal rate of return on the investment in the new machine is closest to (ignore income taxes.): click here to view exhibit 7b-1 and exhibit 7b-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided. multiple choice 9% 11% 12% 10%

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position