U3 Company is considering three long-term capital investment proposals. Each investment has a useful life of 5 years. Relevant data on each project are as follows. Project Bono Project Edge Project Clayton Capital investment $160,000 $175,000 $200,000 Annual net income: Year 1 14,000 18,000 27,000 2 14,000 17,000 23,000 3 14,000 16,000 21,000 4 14,000 12,000 13,000 5 14,000 9,000 12,000 Total $ 70,000 $ 72,000 $ 96,000 Depreciation is computed by the straight-line method with no salvage value. The company's cost of capital is 15%. (Assume that cash flows occur evenly throughout the year.) Instructions: (a) Compute the cash payback period for each project. (Round to two decimals.) a. (b) Compute the net present value for each project. (Round to nearest dollar.) a. (c) Compute the annual rate of return for each project. (Round to two decimals.) a. (d) Rank the projects on each of the foregoing bases. Which project do you recommend? a.

In march 2012, the state of california started requiring that all packaging for food and drink with the additive 4-methylimidazole (4-mi) be clearly labeled with a cancer warning. because of this, both pepsi and coke changed their formula to eliminate 4-mi as an ingredient. if pepsi and coke did not change their formula, holding all else constant, what would have happened to the demand for these goods, assuming pepsi and coke were in a competitive market? a. the demand curve for both pepsi and coke would have shifted to the right, causing the price of both products to decrease and the profits for the companies to fall. b. the demand curve for pepsi and coke would have remained unchanged, but the price of both products would have decreased and the profits for the companies would have fallen. c. the demand curve for pepsi and coke would have decreased, but the prices and profits would not have changed. d. the demand curve for only one of them would change because pepsi and coke are substitutes. e. the demand curve for pepsi and coke would have shifted to the left, causing the price of both products to decrease and the profits for both companies to fall.