Deacon Company has a piece of equipment that it has been depreciating for 3 years. The equipment originally was estimated to have a total useful life of 8 years and at the beginning of the current year, Deacon determines that the equipment's total useful life has been changed to 10 years. When Deacon calculates depreciation for the current year, how many years of life should be used to calculate the depreciation expense

Mikkelson corporation's stock had a required return of 12.50% last year, when the risk-free rate was 3% and the market risk premium was 4.75%. then an increase in investor risk aversion caused the market risk premium to rise by 2%. the risk-free rate and the firm's beta remain unchanged. what is the company's new required rate of return? (hint: first calculate the beta, then find the required return.) do not round your intermediate calculations.

Which is cheaper: eating out or dining in? the mean cost of a flank steak, broccoli, and rice bought at the grocery store is $13.04 (money.msn website, november 7, 2012). a sample of 100 neighborhood restaurants showed a mean price of $12.75 and a standard deviation of $2 for a comparable restaurant meal. a. develop appropriate hypotheses for a test to determine whether the sample data support the conclusion that the mean cost of a restaurant meal is less than fixing a comparable meal at home. b. using the sample from the 100 restaurants, what is the p-value? c. at a = .05, what is your conclusion? d. repeat the preceding hypothesis test using the critical value approach

Sally has a high-paying management position with a fortune 500 company, but she is tired of working for corporate america. so sally has decided to start a business, and she knows she will be successful as an entrepreneur because entrepreneurs typically