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Satish Fiber works has an inventory period of 84.6 days, an accounts payable period of 43.2 days, and an accounts receivable period of 41.7 days. Management is considering an offer from their suppliers to pay within 10 days and receive a discount of 2 percent. If the new discount is taken, the accounts payable period is expected to decline by 30.4 days. What will be the new operating cycle given the change in the payables period?

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission periodically charges individuals with insider trading and claims those individuals have made unfair profits. Given this, you would be most apt to argue that the markets are less than _____ form efficient.

Patel & Howell has zero coupon bonds outstanding that mature in 4 years. The bonds have a face value of $1,000 and a current market price of $798. What is the pretax cost of debt? (Use semiannual compounding.)

You are comparing Stock A to Stock B. Given the following information, what is the difference in the expected returns of these two securities? State of Economy Probability of State of Economy Rate of Return if State Occurs Stock A Stock B Normal .75 .13 .16 Recession .25 −.05 −.21

Naveen purchased 500 shares of stock at a price of $62.30 per share and sold the shares for $64.25 each. He also received $738 in dividends. If the inflation rate was 3.9 percent, what was the exact real rate of return on this investment?

Under its current cash sales-only policy Willard’s Company sells 176 units per month for a total sales value of $11,848. The variable cost per unit is $33 and the monthly interest rate is 1.1 percent. The firm should sell an additional 25 units per month if it offers a net 30 credit policy. What is the present value of the proposed switch using the accounts receivable approach?

When evaluating two mutually exclusive projects, the final decision on which project to accept ultimately depends upon which one of the following?

A project will require $543,000 for fixed assets, $118,000 for inventory, and $142,000 for accounts receivable. Short-term debt is expected to increase by $65,000. The project has a six-year life. The fixed assets will be depreciated straight-line to a zero book value over the life of the project. No bonus depreciation will be taken. The project is expected to generate annual sales of $905,000 with costs of $730,000. What is the project’s cash flow at Time 0?

Rodriguez Millwork is analyzing a proposed project that is expected to sell 1,450 units, ±3 percent. The expected variable cost per unit is $139 and the expected fixed costs are $123,000. Cost estimates are considered accurate within a ±1 percent range. The depreciation expense is $39,000. The sales price is estimated at $349 per unit, ±3 percent. What is the contribution margin per unit under the best-case scenario?

Chokkar Plastics is considering an expansion project with estimated fixed costs of $39,800, depreciation of $22,800, variable costs per unit of $5.74, and an estimated sales price of $12.99 per unit. How many units must the firm sell to break even on a cash basis?