Find the present values of the following cash flow streams. the appropriate interest rate is 7%. (hint: it is fairly easy to work this problem dealing with the individual cash flows. however, if you have a financial calculator, read the section of the manual that describes how to enter cash flows such as the ones in this problem. this will take a little time, but the investment will pay huge dividends throughout the course. note that, when working with the calculator's cash flow register, you must enter cf0 = 0. note also that it is quite easy to work the problem with excel, using procedures described in the ch04 tool kit. xlsx.) do not round intermediate calculations. round your answers to the nearest cent. year cash stream a cash stream b 1 $100 $200 2 400 400 3 400 400 4 400 400 5 200 100 stream a: $ stream b: $ what is the value of each cash flow stream at a 0% interest rate? round your answers to the nearest dollar. stream a $ stream b $

Find the interest rate for a $4000 deposit accumulating to $5234.58, compounded quarterly for 9 years

Lusk corporation produces and sells 14,300 units of product x each month. the selling price of product x is $25 per unit, and variable expenses are $19 per unit. a study has been made concerning whether product x should be discontinued. the study shows that $72,000 of the $102,000 in monthly fixed expenses charged to product x would not be avoidable even if the product was discontinued. if product x is discontinued, the annual financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company of eliminating this product should be:

6. why the aggregate supply curve slopes upward in the short run in the short run, the quantity of output that firms supply can deviate from the natural level of output if the actual price level in the economy deviates from the expected price level. several theories explain how this might happen. for example, the misperceptions theory asserts that changes in the price level can temporarily mislead firms about what is happening to their output prices. consider a soybean farmer who expects a price level of 100 in the coming year. if the actual price level turns out to be 90, soybean prices will , and if the farmer mistakenly assumes that the price of soybeans declined relative to other prices of goods and services, she will respond by the quantity of soybeans supplied. if other producers in this economy mistake changes in the price level for changes in their relative prices, the unexpected decrease in the price level causes the quantity of output supplied to the natural level of output in the short run.