Answer:
1. Particulars Super premium Premium Economy
Material cost $16 $12 $10
Indirect cost (40000/10000) <u>$4 </u> <u>$4 </u> <u>$4</u>
Total cost $20 $16 $14
Profit (100% of total cost) <u>$20 </u> <u>$16 </u> <u>$14</u>
Selling price <u>$40</u> <u>$32 </u> <u>$28</u>
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2. Yes, the price calculated in part A takes into account what customers are willing to pay. This can be said because the company has the policy of adding 100% to the total cost. This means that the company knows that customers will be willing to pay that much amount.
Answer:
Devil's advocacy.
Explanation:
Devil's advocacy is defined as a person who pretends in a discussion. He/she pretends to be against an idea or plan many people support so as to make people discuss it in more detail. Here Rosana uses devil's advocacy on Henry by telling him to criticize the group's discussion.
Answer: A. interest rates have risen
Explanation:
Since the customer buys a Brokered CD for $100,000 and upon eceipt of his next account statement, he sees that there has been a reduction in the market value of the CD to $99,800.
This would occur because there has been an increase in the interest rates. On the other hand, assuming there was a reduction in the interest rate, this will lead to an increase in the market value.
Answer:
Future value equals the present value multiplied by one plus the rate of interest in decimals.
Explanation:
Future value = present value x (1 + interest rate)
Interest rate = present value x interest rate
Answer:
The payback period is more than 5 years
Explanation:
Net present value is the Net value of all cash inflows and outflows in present value term. All the cash flows are discounted using a required rate of return.
Year Cash flow PV factor Present Value
0 ($490,000) 1 ($490,000)
1 $40,000 0.909 $36,360
2 $10,000 0.826 $8,260
3 $120,000 0.751 $90,120
4 $90,000 0.683 $61,470
5 $180,000 0.621 <u> $111,780 </u>
Net Present Value ($182,010)
NPV of this Investment is negative so, it is not acceptable.
Payback period
Total Net cash inflow of the investment is $440,000 and Initial investment is $490,000. This investment will take more than 5 years to payback the initial investment.