Devon manufacturing company purchased a new canning machine on july 1, 2015, for $190,000. the estimated salvage value is $15,000. the company uses units-of-production depreciation and estimates the machine will produce 125,000 units during its useful life. in 2015, the company manufactured 5,000 units after acquiring the machine. depreciation expense for 2015 will be:

Alpha industries is considering a project with an initial cost of $8 million. the project will produce cash inflows of $1.49 million per year for 8 years. the project has the same risk as the firm. the firm has a pretax cost of debt of 5.61 percent and a cost of equity of 11.27 percent. the debt–equity ratio is .60 and the tax rate is 35 percent. what is the net present value of the project?

True tomato inc. makes organic ketchup. to promote its products, this firm decided to make bottles in the shape of tomatoes. to accomplish this, true tomato worked with its bottle manufacture to create a set of unique molds for its bottles. which of the following specialized assets does this example demonstrate? (a) site specificity (b) research specificity (c) physical-asset specificity (d) human-asset specificity

What two things do you consider when evaluating the time value of money