QUESTION 41 pointsSave AnswerIn an effort to capture the large jet market, Airbus invested $13 billion developing its A380, which is capableof carrying 800 passengers.The plane had a list price of $280 million. In discussing the plane, Airbus stated that the company wouldbreak even when 249 A380s were sold.Airbus promised its shareholders a 20 percent rate of return on the investment. If sales of the planecontinue in perpetuity, how many planes must the company sell per year to deliver on this promise?O1.50.20O2.49.80O 3. 25.2O 4.68.8

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Exercise 14-2 (Algo) Net Present Value Analysis [LO14-2] The management of Kunkel Company is considering the purchase of a $20,000 machine that would reduce operating costs by $5,000 per year. At the end of the machine's five-year useful life, it will have zero salvage value. The company's required rate of return is 13%. Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table. Required: 1. Determine the net present value of the investment in the machine. 2. What is the difference between the total, undiscounted cash inflows and cash outflows over the entire life of the machine? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Determine the net present value of the investment in the machine. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount. Use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s).) Net present value…
CH5 #10 A company is considering two alternative marketing strategies for a new product. Introducing the product will require an outlay of $15,000. With a low price, the product will generate cash proceeds of $10,000 per year and will have a life of two years. With a high price, the product will generate cash proceeds of $18,000 but will have a life of only one year. The hurdle rate for this project is 0.05. Which marketing strategy should be accepted?
QUESTION 34 Advanced Products is considering the purchase of a computer-aided manufacturing system that requires an initial investment of $1,750,000 and is expected to provide an increase in net income of $200,000 and average annual cash benefits and savings of $250,000 each year for the next 10 years. Their current cost of capital is 10%. Following are selected factors from tables for 10 years at 10%: FV of $1 FVOA PV of $1 PVOA 2.59374 15.93742 0.38554 6.14457 Required: Compute the net present value of the investment $0 $750,000 $(213,857.50) $1,000,000
Question 6 "Fulda Springs Water Ltd." has identified two different bottling lines that would both suit to bottle their new table water called "Fulda's Best". Machine B allows bottling the water in a premium bottle whereas machine A can only handle standard bottles. The company's cost of capital are 8% p.a.. They expect to sell 150.000 bottles every year. The water can be sold at a higher price if it is bottled in the premium bottle. The controller has set up the following table with data that is needed to make an investment decision. Machine A Machine B sales price for 1 bottle of "Fulda's Best" 0,80 € 0,90 € expected useful life of the machine (years) What is the best choice according to the cost comparison calculation, • profit comparison calculation, • Profitability comparison? When will the machine pay for itself? 5 4 purchasing price for the machine 100.000,00 € 180.000,00 € residual value of the machine € 20.000,00 € annual fixed cost 20.000,00 € 5.000,00 € variable cost (per…
Exercise 10-12A (Algo) Determining the payback period LO 10-4 Fanning Airline Company is considering expanding its territory. The company has the opportunity to purchase one of two different used airplanes. The first airplane is expected to cost $14,800,000; It will enable the company to Increase its annual cash Inflow by $3,700,000 per year. The plane is expected to have a useful life of five years and no salvage value. The second plane costs $34,800,000; It will enable the company to increase annual cash flow by $5,800,000 per year. This plane has an eight-year useful life and a zero salvage value. Required *1. Determine the payback period for each Investment alternative. a2. Identify the alternative Fanning should accept if the decision is based on the payback approach. Note: Round your answers to 1 decimal place. a-1. Alternative 1 (First plane) a-1. Alternative 2 (Second plane) a-2. Fanning should accept Payback Period years years
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Question 2 ElectroMotion Corp is an electric vehicle manufacturer that produces fuel-cell powered passenger cars and trucks. The company has developed a new production line machine that has considerably improved the efficiency of the firm's existing manufacturing process. The cost of buying the new machine is £20,000 irrespective from when you buy it, and its economic useful life is 3 years. The existing production line machine will last at most 2 more years. The annual operating costs of the two machines are given below. Old machine New machine Annual operating cost (£) Year 2 15,000 6,000 Year 1 10,000 4,000 The opportunity cost of capital is 10%. Year 3 N/A 8,000 a) When should the company replace the existing machine with a new one? b) Interpret your result in question (a).
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