Speedy Delivery Company purchases a delivery van for $40,800. Speedy estimates that at the end of its four-year service life, the van will be worth $5,600. During the four-year period, the company expects to drive the van 176,000 miles. Actual miles driven each year were 45,000 miles in year 1 and 50,000 miles in year 2. Calculate annual depreciation for the first two years of the van using each of the following methods. (Do not round your intermediate calculations.) 1. Straight-line. Annual Depreciation Year 2 Doublo-declining-balance Annual Depreciation Year 3. Activity-based. Annual Depreciation Year

What are the general categories of capital budget scenarios? describe the overall decision-making context for each.

Reliability and validity reliability and validity are two important considerations that must be made with any type of data collection. reliability refers to the ability to consistently produce a given result. in the context of psychological research, this would mean that any instruments or tools used to collect data do so in consistent, reproducible ways. unfortunately, being consistent in measurement does not necessarily mean that you have measured something correctly. to illustrate this concept, consider a kitchen scale that would be used to measure the weight of cereal that you eat in the morning. if the scale is not properly calibrated, it may consistently under- or overestimate the amount of cereal that’s being measured. while the scale is highly reliable in producing consistent results (e.g., the same amount of cereal poured onto the scale produces the same reading each time), those results are incorrect. this is where validity comes into play. validity refers to the extent to which a given instrument or tool accurately measures what it’s supposed to measure. while any valid measure is by necessity reliable, the reverse is not necessarily true. researchers strive to use instruments that are both highly reliable and valid.

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?