Qualcomm has developed a groundbreaking new CPU chip. The patent on the chip will last 17 years. You expect that the chip’s profits to be $4 million in its first year and that this amount will grow at a rate of 5% per year for the next 17 years. Once the patent expires, Intel will be able to produce the same chip and competition will likely drive profits to zero. What is the present value of the new chip if the interest rate is 8% per year?

Which of the following differentiates cost accounting and financial accounting? a. the primary users of cost accounting are the investors, whereas the primary users of financial accounting are the managers. b. cost accounting measures only the financial information related to the costs of acquiring fixed assets in an organization, whereas financial accounting measures financial and nonfinancial information of a company's business transactions. c. cost accounting measures information related to the costs of acquiring or using resources in an organization, whereas financial accounting measures a financial position of a company to investors, banks, and external parties. d. cost accounting deals with product design, production, and marketing strategies, whereas financial accounting deals mainly with pricing of the products.