Compute the payback period for each of these two separate investments (round the payback period to two decimals): a. a new operating system for an existing machine is expected to cost $520,000 and have a useful life of six years. the system yields an incremental after-tax income of $150,000 each year after deducting its straight-line depreciation. the predicted salvage value of the system is $10,000.b. a machine costs $380,000, has a $20,000 salvage value, is expected to last eight years, and will generate an after-tax income of $60,000 per year after straight-line depreciation. nb: i need a detailed and well explained answer. full points would be awarded for a detailed and well explained answer

Transactions on april 1 of the current year, andrea byrd established a business to manage rental property. she completed the following transactions during april: opened a business bank account with a deposit of $45,000 from personal funds. purchased office supplies on account, $2,000. received cash from fees earned for managing rental property, $8,500. paid rent on office and equipment for the month, $5,000. paid creditors on account, $1,375. billed customers for fees earned for managing rental property, $11,250. paid automobile expenses for month, $840, and miscellaneous expenses, $900. paid office salaries, $3,600. determined that the cost of supplies on hand was $550; therefore, the cost of supplies used was $1,450. withdrew cash for personal use, $2,000. required: 1. indicate the effect of each transaction and the balances after each transaction: for those boxes in which no entry is required, leave the box blank. for those boxes in which you must enter subtractive or negative numbers use a minus sign. (example: -300)

Suppose an economy has only two sectors: goods and services. each year, goods sells 80% of its outputs to services and keeps the rest, while services sells 62% of its output to goods and retains the rest. find equilibrium prices for the annual outputs of the goods and services sectors that make each sector's income match its expenditures.

Samantha is interested in setting up her own accounting firm and wants to specialize in the area of accounting that has experienced the most significant growth in recent years. which area of accounting should she choose as her specialty? samantha should choose as her specialty.