The vice president has the option to purchase the company after five years. The purchase price for the company is set at 4 times earnings (profit), computed as average annual profitability over the next five years. In five years, the company is expected to be worth $10 million. On the following graph, use the green points (triangle symbols) to plot the vice president's expected profit from buying the company, for average annual profitability levels of $0, $500,000, $1,000,000, $1,500,000, and $2,000,000. PROFIT FROM PURCHASE OF COMPANY (Millions of dollars) 10 S 4 500000 1000000 1500000 2000000 2500000 ANNUAL COMPANY PROFIT (Dollars) Profit from Buying Company ?
The vice president has the option to purchase the company after five years. The purchase price for the company is set at 4 times earnings (profit), computed as average annual profitability over the next five years. In five years, the company is expected to be worth $10 million. On the following graph, use the green points (triangle symbols) to plot the vice president's expected profit from buying the company, for average annual profitability levels of $0, $500,000, $1,000,000, $1,500,000, and $2,000,000. PROFIT FROM PURCHASE OF COMPANY (Millions of dollars) 10 S 4 500000 1000000 1500000 2000000 2500000 ANNUAL COMPANY PROFIT (Dollars) Profit from Buying Company ?
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![The vice president has the option to purchase the company after five years. The purchase price for the company is set at 4 times earnings (profit),
computed as average annual profitability over the next five years. In five years, the company is expected to be worth $10 million.
On the following graph, use the green points (triangle symbols) to plot the vice president's expected profit from buying the company, for average
annual profitability levels of $0, $500,000, $1,000,000, $1,500,000, and $2,000,000.
PROFIT FROM PURCHASE OF COMPANY (Millions of dollars)
10
S
4
500000
1000000
1500000
2000000
2500000
ANNUAL COMPANY PROFIT (Dollars)
Profit from Buying Company
?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F36ed651f-2b40-43a8-a01f-93616dceb27b%2F36033137-b1f1-41af-888e-6ea30e90d146%2Fcxn76ns_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:The vice president has the option to purchase the company after five years. The purchase price for the company is set at 4 times earnings (profit),
computed as average annual profitability over the next five years. In five years, the company is expected to be worth $10 million.
On the following graph, use the green points (triangle symbols) to plot the vice president's expected profit from buying the company, for average
annual profitability levels of $0, $500,000, $1,000,000, $1,500,000, and $2,000,000.
PROFIT FROM PURCHASE OF COMPANY (Millions of dollars)
10
S
4
500000
1000000
1500000
2000000
2500000
ANNUAL COMPANY PROFIT (Dollars)
Profit from Buying Company
?
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