Your company must purchase a new injection molding machine,…
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Yоur cоmpаny must purchаse а new injectiоn molding machine, and you are considering two types: the Dixon and the Sterling. The Dixon will last 5 years; the Sterling will last 7 years. The cash flows associated with purchase, operation, maintenance and insurance are listed below (note that they are all cash outflows): Year Dixon Sterling 0 -$150000 -$200000 1 -$38000 -$38000 2 -$38000 -$38000 3 -$38000 -$38000 4 -$38000 -$38000 5 -$38000 -$38000 6 -$38000 7 -$38000 Assume your WACC is 11%/year. By how much do the EAAs (also known as the EACs) of the two machines differ? Express your answer as a positive number, rounded to the nearest dollar.
Questiоn 4: Reаd the (mоdified) аbstrаct belоw and use it to answer the following associated questions. Wilding, J. P., Batterham, R. L., Calanna, S., Davies, M., Van Gaal, L. F., Lingvay, I., ... & Kushner, R. F. (2021). Once-weekly semaglutide in adults with overweight or obesity. New England Journal of Medicine, 384(11), 989-1002. Abstract Background Obesity is a global health challenge with few pharmacologic options. Whether adults with obesity can achieve weight loss with once-weekly semaglutide at a dose of 2.4 mg as an adjunct to lifestyle intervention has not been confirmed. Methods In this [study], we enrolled 1961 adults with a body-mass index (the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) of 30 or greater (≥27 in persons with ≥1 weight-related coexisting condition), who did not have diabetes, and randomly assigned them, in a 2:1 ratio, to 68 weeks of treatment with once-weekly subcutaneous semaglutide (at a dose of 2.4 mg) or placebo, plus lifestyle intervention. The coprimary end points were the percentage change in body weight and weight reduction of at least 5%. The primary estimand (a precise description of the treatment effect reflecting the objective of the clinical trial) assessed effects regardless of treatment discontinuation or rescue interventions. Results The mean change in body weight from baseline to week 68 was −14.9% in the semaglutide group as compared with −2.4% with placebo, for an estimated treatment difference of −12.4 percentage points (95% confidence interval [CI], −13.4 to −11.5; P