Ursus, inc., is considering a project that would have a five-year life and would require a $667,000 investment in equipment. at the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would have no salvage value. the project would provide net operating income each year as follows (ignore income taxes.): sales $ 1,800,000 variable expenses 1,250,000 contribution margin 550,000 fixed expenses: fixed out-of-pocket cash expenses $ 320,000 depreciation 133,400 453,400 net operating income $ 96,600 click here to view exhibit 12b-1 and exhibit 12b-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided. all of the above items, except for depreciation, represent cash flows. the company's required rate of return is 14%. required: a. compute the project's net present value. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.) b. compute the project's internal rate of return. (round your final answer to the nearest whole percent.) c. compute the project's payback period. (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) d. compute the project's simple rate of return. (round your final answer to

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The market price of cheeseburgers in a college town increased recently, and the students in an economics class are debating the cause of the price increase. some students suggest that the price increased because the price of beef, an important ingredient for making cheeseburgers, has increased. other students attribute the increase in the price of cheeseburgers to a recent increase in college student enrollment.1. the first group of students thinks the increase in the price of cheeseburgers is due to the fact that the price of beef, an important ingredient for making cheeseburgers, has increased. (what happened to demand and supply, shift to the right or left)2. the second group of students attributes the increase in the price of cheeseburgers to the increase in college student enrollment. (what happens to demand and supply, shift to the right or left)3. suppose that both of the events you analyzed above are partly responsible for the increase in the price of cheeseburgers. based on your analysis of the explanations offered by the two groups of students, how would you figure out which of the possible causes was the dominant cause of the increase in the price of cheeseburgers? (choose a, b,c, or d)a)if the price increase was small, then the supply shift in the market for cheeseburgers must have been larger than the demand shift.b)if the equilibrium quantity of cheeseburgers decreases, then the demand shift in the market for cheeseburgers must have been larger than the supply shift.c)if the equilibrium quantity of cheeseburgers decreases, then the supply shift in the market for cheeseburgers must have been larger than the demand shift.d)whichever change occurred first must have been the primary cause of the change in the price of cheeseburgers.

Parks corporation is considering an investment proposal in which a working capital investment of $10,000 would be required. the investment would provide cash inflows of $2,000 per year for six years. the working capital would be released for use elsewhere when the project is completed. if the company's discount rate is 10%, the investment's net present value is closest to (ignore income taxes) ?