gluon inc. is considering the purchase of a new high pressure glueball. it can purchase the glueball for $90,000 and sell its old low pressure glueball, which is fully depreciated, for $16,000. the new equipment has a 10-year useful life and will save $20,000 a year in expenses. the opportunity cost of capital is 8%, and the firm's tax rate is 21%. what is the equivalent annual saving from the purchase if gluon can depreciate 100% of the investment immediatley.

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east westsales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 )the management of cook is considering the elimination of the west division. if the west division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. given these data, the elimination of the west division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss) of: multiple choice$91,900$(64,100)$(142,000)$(50,100)