Crane Company is unsure of whether to sell its product assembled or unassembled. The unit cost of the unassembled product is $24 and Crane would sell it for $42. The cost to assemble the product is estimated at $6 per unit and the company believes the market would support a price of $43 on the assembled unit. What decision should Crane make

Consider a firm with a contract to sell an asset for $149,000 four years from now. the asset costs $85,000 to produce today. a. given a relevant discount rate of 14 percent per year, calculate the profit the firm will make on this asset. (a loss should be indicated by a minus sign. do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. at what rate does the firm just break even?