Maxwell Machining is considering investing $100,000 in a new piece of machinery that will generate net annual cash flows of $50,000 each year for the next 5 years. The machine has a salvage value of $20,000 at the end of its 5 year useful life. Maxwell's cost of capital and discount rate is 10%. Which of the following tables and criteria should we use to discount the net annual cash flow? a. PV of annuity table, n=5, i=10%
b. PV of a single sum table, n=5, i=10%
c. PV of a single sum table, n=1, i=10%
d. PV of annuity table, n=1, i=10%

Suppose that hubert, an economist from an am talk radio program, and kate, an economist from a nonprofit organization on the west coast, are arguing over government bailouts. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: kate: to recent financial crises, the concept of bailouts is a hot topic for debate among everyone these days. hubert: indeed, it’s gotten crazy! a government bailout of severely distressed financial firms is unnecessary because free markets will properly price assets. kate: i don’t know about that. without a bailout of severely distressed financial firms, the economy will experience a deep recession. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due todifferences in scientific judgments . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? business managers can raise profit more easily by reducing costs than by raising revenue. central banks should focus more on maintaining low unemployment than on maintaining low inflation. employers should not be restricted from outsourcing work to foreign nations