You are considering two investment options. In option A, you have to invest $4500 now and $1000 three years from now. In option B, you have to invest $3500 now, $1000 a year from now, and $1000 three years from now. In both options, you will receive four annual payments of $2000 each (you will get You are considering two investment options. In option A, you have to invest $4500 now and $1000 three years from now. In option B, you have to invest $3500 now, $1000 a year from now, and $1000 three years from now. In both options, you will receive four annual payments of $2000 each (you will get the first $2000 payment a year from now). Which of these two options would you choose based on the present worth criterion? Assume the interest rate is 10%.

Roi analysis using dupont model. charlie? s furniture store has been in business for several years. the firm? s owners have described the store as a ? high-price, highservice? operation that provides lots of assistance to its customers. margin has averaged a relatively high 32% per year for several years, but turnover has been a relatively low 0.4 based on average total assets of $800,000. a discount furniture store is about to open in the area served by charlie? s, and management is considering lowering prices in order to compete effectively. required: a. calculate current sales and roi for charlie? s furniture store. b. assuming that the new strategy would reduce margin to 20%, and assuming that average total assets would stay the same, calculate the sales that would be required to have the same roi as they currently earned. c. suppose that you presented the results of your analysis in parts a and b of this problem to charlie, and he replied, ? what

Aborrower takes out a 30-year adjustable rate mortgage loan for $200,000 with monthly payments. the first two years of the loan have a "teaser" rate of 4%, after that, the rate can reset with a 5% annual payment cap. on the reset date, the composite rate is 6%. what would the year 3 monthly payment be?

Acompany manufactures x units of product a and y units of product b, on two machines, i and ii. it has been determined that the company will realize a profit of $3 on each unit of product a and $4 on each unit of product b. to manufacture a unit of product a requires 7 min on machine i and 5 min on machine ii. to manufacture a unit of product b requires 8 min on mchine i and 5 min on machine ii. there are 175 min available on machine i and 125 min available on machine ii in each work shift. how many units of a product should be produced in each shift to maximize the company's profit p?