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Answer:
The IRR is 5%. Rate of return would be 12.5% assuming a discount rate of 4%
Explanation:
The answer depends entirely on the discount rate. The question covers a 30 period timeframe and in each period, the pay off is $13 million. This is a simple time value of money concept in which to calculate the present value, you will simply calculate the present value of each of the cash flows. The formula is 13Mn/[(1+r)^n] where n is the year from 1 to 30, r is the discount rate.
The question requires us to calculate the return that is the variable 'r'. For this you need to have the present value today so that you can then use the equation to solve for 'r'. However, the only information we have is the time period and the cash flow. We are given $200mn as the initial outlay. So, we can at least use this to calculate the internal rate of return (IRR) which is simply the rate of return (or the value of 'r') at which the present value of each of the 13 Mn to be received over the next 30 years is equal to the initial outlay (i.e 200mn). In short, IRR is the rate of return at which the net present value (NPV) is equal to zero. In our example, and using the formula for each of the cash flow from years 1 to 30, the IRR is computated at 5%. So if the discount rate that the company uses is less than 5%, the company would be better of with Joe accepting the offer because any discount rate below 5% would result in the present value of the cash flows to be in excess of $200Mn.
Lets take an example and assume that the discount rate is 4%, using the formula from year 1 to 30 and summing the values would give us a present value of $225 Mn. So the rate lf return in this case would be (225-200)/200 x 100 = 12.5%.
The answer to this question is: Voluntary exchange
In economy, voluntary exchange refers to the trade of resources between two parties that based on their own will.
This type of exchange usually could only happen because both parties feel that they will be advantaged from the exchange
Answer:
D) All of these answers are correct.
Explanation:
A company's financial reports are not top secret, their taxes are based on them. They main purpose of preparing financial reports is to provide useful information for current and potential investors, and current and potential lenders.
Any company that needs to raise equity must show their financial reports to current and potential investors so that they can decide whether to invest or not in the company. Publicly traded corporations must present their financial records to the market. Every single bank (or any other type of lender including investors willing to buy bonds) will request a copy of the financial statements to analyze if the company is going to be able to pay them back.
