Tom got a 30 year fully amortizing frm for $400,000 at 6%, with constant monthly payments. after 3 years of payments rates fall and he can get a 27 year frm at 5%, but he must pay 2 points and $1500 in closing costs to get the new loan. think of the refinancing decision as an investment for tom, he pays a fee now but saves money in the future in the form of lower payments. what is the annualized irr of refinancing for tom assuming he prepays the new loan in 5 years? (clarification: tom will prepay the new loan 5 years after the house is purchased)

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Galwaysc electronics makes two products. model a requires component a and component c. model b requires component b and component c. new versions of both models are released each year with updated versions of all components. all components are sourced overseas, and abc contracts annually for a quantity of each component before seeing that year’s demand. components are only assembled into finished products once demand for each model is known. for the coming year, alwaysc’s purchasing manner has proposed ordering 500,000 units of component a, 630,000 of component b, and 1,000,000 units of component c. her boss has asked why she has recommended purchasing so much of components a and b when alwaysc will not have enough of component c to fully use all of the inventory of a and b. what factors might the purchasing manager cite to explain her recommended order? explain your reasoning.

Six years ago, an 80-kw diesel electric set cost $160,000. the cost index for this class of equipment six years ago was 187 and is now 194. the cost-capacity factor is 0.6. the plant engineering staff is considering a 120-kw unit of the same general design to power a small isolated plant. assume we want to add a precompressor, which (when isolated and estimated separately) currently costs $13291. determine the total cost of the 120-kw unit. (hint: skip $ and comma symbols)