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1. As a top manager, You must decide firm which of the proposed projects should

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1. As a top manager, You must decide firm which of the proposed projects should be accepted for the upcoming year since only $6 million is available for the next year's capital budget. What is the total NPV of the projects that should be accepted?

Project Cost(millions) NPV(Millions)
A 3.25 .80
B 1.75 .52
C 4.5 .69
D 3.75 .95
E 1.25 .25
F .50 .25


2. A loss on the sale of an asset that is depreciable and used in business is_____; a loss on the sale of a non-depreciable asset is _______ .

A. Deductible from capital gains income; deductible from ordinary income
B. Deductible from ordinary income; deductible only against capital gains
C. A credit against the tax liability; not deductible
D. not deductible; deductible only against capital gains


3. A corporation has $5,000,000 of 10 percent bonds and $3,000,000 of 12 percent preferred stock outstanding. The firm's financial breakeven (assuming a 40 percent tax rate) is?


4. Which capital budgeting method is most useful for evaluating the following project? the project has an initial after tax cost of $5,000,000 and it is expected to provide after-tax operating cash flows of $1,800,000 in year 1, (2,900,000) in year 2, $2,700,000 in year 3 and $2,300,000 in year 4?

A. NPV B. IRR C. Payback D. Two of the above


5. Tony's Beach T-Shirts has fixed annual operating costs of $75,000. Tony retails his T-shirts for $14.99 each and the variable cost per T-shirt is $4.99. Based on this information, the breakeven sales level in units is?

6. Tangshan Mining has 100,000 shares outstanding and just declared a 20% stock dividend. Before the announcement, the firm's shares were trading at $50.00 per share. After the stock dividend, the firm's shares should trade at ________ per share.

1. 1. remain unchanged
2. 2. $41.66
3. 3. $40.00
4. 4. $46.33

Explanation / Answer

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1. Best choice:
(I did this by trial and error, looking for the maximum total NPV, given the costs not to exceed $6M.)

Projects D+B+F
total costs = 3.75 + 1.75 + 0.5 = 6
total NPV = 0.95 + 0.52 + 0.25 = 1.72


2.
C. A credit against the tax liability; not deductible
Consider land for example. It is a non-depreciable asset and therefore it is non-deductible.

3.
breakeven point
   = costs / ( 1 - tax rate )
   = ( $5M * 0.1 + $3M * 0.12 ) / ( 1 - 0.40 )
   = $0.860M / (1 - 0.40 )
   = $1.433 millions


4.
A. NPV

5. breakeven point
      = Fixed costs / (unit selling price - variable costs)
= $75,000 / ($14.99 - $4.99)
     = 7,500 units


6.
1. Remain unchanged