Whitman Antique Cars Inc. has the following data, and it follows the residual dividend model. Some Whitman family members would like more dividends, and they also think that the firm's capital budget includes too many projects whose NPVs are close to zero. If Whitman reduced its capital budget to the indicated level, by how much could dividends be increased, holding other things constant? Original capital budget $3,000,000 New capital budget $1,900,000 Net income $3,500,000 % Debt 30% $521,700 $404,200 $593,500 $684,100 $770,000

On april 1, santa fe, inc. paid griffith publishing company $2,448 for 36-month subscriptions to several different magazines. santa fe debited the prepayment to a prepaid subscriptions account, and the subscriptions started immediately. what amount should appear in the prepaid subscription account for santa fe, inc. after adjustments on december 31 of the first year assuming the company is using a calendar-year reporting period and no previous adjustment has been made?

Imprudential, inc., has an unfunded pension liability of $572 million that must be paid in 25 years. to assess the value of the firm’s stock, financial analysts want to discount this liability back to the present. if the relevant discount rate is 6.5 percent, what is the present value of this liability? (do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions, rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 1,234,567.89)

Acme foods wants to make its chips saltier, but it doesn't want to spend more than it has to on salt. a sample of consumers are asked to compare its current chip (saltiness = 100) with saltier versions and to say whether the new version is saltier. on average, sample consumers reliably say the new chip is saltier when its saltiness value is 108, but not when its saltiness value is below 108. assuming acme foods' sample consumers are representative of people in general, which of the following best represents the just noticeable difference for saltiness? a. 8% b. 108 c. 80% d. 100