Suppose a developer is interested in building a new apartment community. through her market research, the developer has determined that the target market segment potential in year 1 consists of 100 households. the developer believes that the target market segment potential will grow by 5% annually over the next five years. if the developer projects a capture rate of 25% for each of the next five years but is only to sell 26 apartment units in each of the next five years, in which year will her actual sales first fail to meet her projected sales numbers?

Afinancing project has an initial cash inflow of $42,000 and cash flows of −$15,600, −$22,200, and −$18,000 for years 1 to 3, respectively. the required rate of return is 13 percent. what is the internal rate of return? should the project be accepted?

The following are budgeted data: january february march sales in units 16,200 22,400 19,200 production in units 19,200 20,200 18,700 one pound of material is required for each finished unit. the inventory of materials at the end of each month should equal 20% of the following month's production needs. purchases of raw materials for february would be budgeted to be:

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.