Answer
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Answer: The presence of asymmetric information
Explanation: In simple words, asymmetric information refers to the situation when one party to a contract have extra information regarding a subject than the other party of the contract.
Asymmetric information creates the potential of misconduct from the leading party as they can easily cheat the other party by concealing that important information.
In the given case, Mr. Smith was aware that his laptop is not working properly but still he sold its to a customer who was not aware of it. Thus, we can conclude that the correct option is C.
Answer:
D. The payback period is less than 2 years.
Explanation:
Discount rate 5%
0 1 2
intital investment -10
cash flow 0 30
Total cash flow -10 0 30
NPV 17.21
IRR 73%
Therefore, The NPV is 17.21 and is positive, the statement is True.
IRR > 50%, Therefore the statement made is True
Accounting rate of return = {[(30 - 10)/10]^(1/2)} - 1
= 41% > 0
Therefore, The statement made is true.
Payback period = 2 years, Therefore the statement made is NOT true.
Answer:
8.60%
Explanation:
We use the MM proposition II with taxes

ra 0.125
D 5000
E 9600 (14,600 assets = 5,000 liab + equity)
rd ??
taxes 0.34
re 0.1384
We set p the formula and solve:





rd = 0.860181818 = 8.60%
Answer:
Effect on income= $2,500 increase
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Contribution margin= $44
The marketing manager believes that a $6,300 increase in the monthly advertising budget would result in a 200 unit increase in monthly sales.
To calculate the effect on income, we need to use the following formula:
Effect on income= increase in total contribution margin - increase in fixed costs
Effect on income= 200*44 - 6,300
Effect on income= $2,500 increase