Janes, inc., is considering the purchase of a machine that would cost $480,000 and would last for 6 years, at the end of which, the machine would have a salvage value of $58,000. the machine would reduce labor and other costs by $118,000 per year. additional working capital of $4,000 would be needed immediately, all of which would be recovered at the end of 6 years. the company requires a minimum pretax return of 17% on all investment projects. (ignore income taxes.)click here to view exhibit 13b-1 and exhibit 13b-2 to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables. required: determine the net present value of the project. (negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places, intermediate and final answers to the nearest dollar amount. omit the "$" sign in your response.)

The management of a supermarket wants to adopt a new promotional policy of giving a free gift to every customer who spends > a certain amount per visit at this supermarket. the expectation of the management is that after this promotional policy is advertised, the expenditures for all customers at this supermarket will be normally distributed with a mean of $95 and a standard deviation of $20. if the management wants to give free gifts to at most 10% of the customers, what should the amount be above which a customer would receive a free gift?

The purpose of the transportation approach for location analysis is to minimize which of the following? a. total costsb. total fixed costsc. the number of shipmentsd. total shipping costse. total variable costs

Prepare the operating activities section—indirect method.(lo 4), apthe income statement of paxson company is presented here.paxson companyincome statementfor the year ended november 30, 2014sales revenue $7,600,000cost of goods sold beginning inventory$1,900,000 purchases4,400,000goods available for sale6,300,000 ending inventory1,600,000total cost of goods sold 4,700,000gross profit 2,900,000operating expenses selling expenses450,000 administrative expenses700,0001,150,000net income $1,750,000additional information: prepare the operating activities section—indirect 1. accounts receivable decreased $380,000 during the year, and inventory decreased $300,000.2. prepaid expenses increased $150,000 during the year.3. accounts payable to suppliers of merchandise decreased $350,000 during the year.4. accrued expenses payable decreased $100,000 during the year.5. administrative expenses include depreciation expense of $110,000.instructionsprepare the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows for the year ended november 30, 2014, for paxson company, using the indirect method.net cash provided $1,940,000