Suppose your company needs $17 million to build a new assembly line. Your target debt-equity ratio is .75. The flotation cost for new equity is 10 percent, but the flotation cost for debt is only 7 percent. Your boss has decided to fund the project by borrowing money because the flotation costs are lower and the needed funds are relatively small. a. What is your company's weighted average flotation cost, assuming all equity is raised externally?
b. What is the true cost of building the new assembly line after taking flotation costs into account?

You are an employee of an u.s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u.s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u.s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

Alarge tank is filled to capacity with 500 gallons of pure water. brine containing 2 pounds of salt per gallon is pumped into the tank at a rate of 5 gal/min. the well-mixed solution is pumped out at the same rate. find the number a(t) of pounds of salt in the tank at time t.

On april 1, the cash account balance was $46,220. during april, cash receipts totaled $248,600 and the april 30 balance was $56,770. determine the cash payments made during april.