Sentinel company is considering an investment in technology to improve its operations. the investment will require an initial outlay of $250,000 and will yield the following expected cash flows. management requires investments to have a payback period of three years, and it requires a 10% return on investments. (pv of $1, fv of $1, pva of $1, and fva of $1) (use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) periodcash flow1 $47,000 2 52,000 3 75,000 4 94,000 5 125,000 required: 1. determine the payback period for this investment.2. determine the break-even time for this investment.3. determine the net present value for this investment.

Listed below are several transactions that took place during the first two years of operations for the law firm of pete, pete, and roy.year 1 year 2amounts billed to clients for services rendered $ 170,000 $ 220,000 cash collected from clients 160,000 190,000 cash disbursements salaries paid to employees for services rendered during the year 90,000 100,000 utilities 30,000 40,000 purchase of insurance policy 60,000 0 in addition, you learn that the company incurred utility costs of $35,000 in year 1, that there were no liabilities at the end of year 2, no anticipated bad debts on receivables, and that the insurance policy covers a three-year period.required: 1. & 3. calculate the net operating cash flow for years 1 and 2 and determine the amount of receivables from clients that the company would show in its year 1 and year 2 balance sheets prepared according to the accrual accounting model.2. prepare an income statement for each year according to the accrual accounting model.

Activity-based costing (abc) is not truly a cost collection mechanism as much as it is an inventory valuation method. the main purpose for implementing an activity-based cost system is to try to overcome some of the cost distortions that occur in traditional costing from product differences when there are variations in size and complexity. however, one of the disadvantages of utilizing abc is that the additional information gathering necessary to implement costing with that level of detail might be beyond the reach of some companies with resource or financial constraints. with this in mind, what kinds of industries or companies do you think would benefit most from using activity-based costing and why? in designing or modifying an accounting system to capture appropriate costs for abc, what considerations do you think would need to be made?

Which of the following will be a source of cash flows for a shareholder of a certain stock? i. sale of the shares at a future date ii. the firm in which the shares are held paying out cash to shareholders in the form of dividends iii. the firm in which the shares are held increasing the total number of shares outstanding through a stock split