Why will lenders lend only a certain percentage of the value of a transaction?

Given the following information what is the percentage change in the price of the bonds if interest rates suddenly rise by 3%?

Implement a program to jind out the percentage of the given marks to a student.

The table shows the estimated percentage P of the population of a certain country that are mobile-phone subscribers. (End of year estimates are given.)

(c) Estimate the instantaneous rate of growth in 2003 by sketching a graph of P and measuring the slope of a tangent. (Sketch your graph so that it is a smooth curve through the points, and so that the tangent line has an x-intercept of 1999.3 and passing through the point

(2006, 46.6).  Round your answer to two decimal places.)

For part, c use the two points that are on the tangent line to determine the slope, which is the instantaneous rate of change.
.........................................  percentage points per year

You have recently been hired as an accountant for the largest residential construction company in the state. Your primary responsibility is to track costs for each home being constructed. Tracking the costs for direct material and direct labor is relatively straightforward. Each home under construction has a job cost sheet. Materials requisitioned for each home site are carefully tracked and the construction workers are very careful about assigning their time to the homes they work on.

Accounting for manufacturing overhead costs, on the other hand, presents quite a problem. In the past, overhead has been allocated on the basis of direct labor hours. As a result, since larger houses require more workers, those houses have been allocated a larger share of the overhead.

Your company was recently selected by the state to build a number of low-income housing complexes. The state has agreed to an arrangement whereby they will pay your costs plus a 10 percent profit. Construction of these low-income housing units will be relatively simple and will not require a great deal of materials or labor, compared to the average house the company builds.

At a meeting following the granting by the state of the construction contract, the production foreman proposes the following idea: “Since the state has agreed to pay our costs plus 10 percent, the higher the costs on the project, the more money we make. What we need to do is to funnel as much of our costs as possible to this low-income housing project. Now I don’t want anyone to think I am proposing something unethical. I am not saying that we should charge the state for fictitious costs. What I am saying is that we should allocate as much overhead as possible to the low-income project. Therefore, I propose that we allocate overhead on a per-house basis with each house, regardless of size, being allocated the same amount of overhead.”

You have analyzed the activities that drive overhead costs and have found that bigger houses, in addition to requiring more direct materials and direct labor, require more inspections, more supervisions, etc. You can see that most in attendance at the meeting are being persuaded by the production foreman’s idea. You slowly raise your hand. It takes about ten seconds before al the voices go quiet. You look around the table and see ten of your colleagues staring at you. You open your mouth and…

Questions

1. What would you do in this situation? Is the overhead allocation method being proposed by the production foreman illegal? Is it unethical? Is it good strategy?

2. Suppose you argue that overhead should continue to be allocated on the basis of direct labor hours. After hearing your points, the group votes to go with the production foreman and allocate the overhead on a per-house basis. What would you do next?

3. Now, go back to your responses above and think carefully about what might be wrong with your logic or your approach. What are the potential risks or problems in your answers?

AZRB is a road bridge construction company. The company plan to build a major road bridge for its new project. Table shows the process sequence and other related data for the major road bridge development.

Table :Activities to construct the bridge, estimated time and crashing cost.

Cost (RM per day)

Crash cost (RM per day)

1. Develop a network diagram for the above project. Determine the critical path and minimum project completion time.
2. Calculate the probability that the project can be completed in between 250 and 270 days.                                                                                                                        
3. If the project has to be shortened by five (5) days, determine which activity needs to be crashed and the additional cost involved. Cost per day as well as crash cost per day were based on expected time.

You are asked to conduct a five-year economic feasibility study of an e-commerce site for a small office supply company. Due to construction time, the system will only be in operation for 6 months for the current year (Year 1). Once the system is in operation, you expect to reduce staff cost by $37,000 and to reduce printing/postage cost by $12,000 for a full year of operation between year 1 and year 3. The numbers will be $38,000 and $15,000, respectively, for year 4 and year 5.

New computer and software costs $6,000, and the cost of system development is estimated at $87,500. The software license and the cost of hiring/training a part-time operator is totaled $8,000 per full year of operation between year 1 and year 3. The same cost is estimated to be $9,000 for year 4 and 5.

1.) Calculate the NPV for the above project assuming a discount rate of 6%. Is there a break-even point in the first five years? If so, when? What is the ROI for the project? Make sure to prorate the appropriate system costs and benefits for Year 1. Make a spreadsheet showing all years.

2.) What is the impact on NPV if the discount rate is 9% instead? Does the NPV decreases with higher discount rate? Why or why not? Paste another copy of the spreadsheet.

3.) Use Goal Seek feature of Excel to find out the amount of the development cost that would make the NPV zero for the project.

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Washington County’s Board of Representatives is considering the construction of a longer runway at the county airport. Currently, the airport can handle only private aircraft and small commuter jets. A new, long runway would enable the airport to handle the midsize jets used on many domestic flights. Data pertinent to the board’s decision appear below.

In addition to the preceding data, two other facts are relevant to the decision. First, a longer runway will require a new snowplow, which will cost $120,000. The old snowplow could be sold now for $12,000. The new, larger plow will cost $8,000 more in annual operating costs. Second, the County Board of Representatives believes that the proposed long runway, and the major jet service it will bring to the county, will increase economic activity in the community. The board projects that the increased economic activity will result in $80,000 per year in additional tax revenue for the county.

In analyzing the runway proposal, the board has decided to use a 10-year time horizon. The county’s hurdle rate for capital projects is 14 percent.

Use Appendix A for your reference. (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)

Required:

1. Compute the initial cost of the investment in the long runway.

2. Compute the annual net cost or benefit from the runway.

3-a. Determine the IRR on the proposed long runway. (Round your answer to the nearest whole percent.)

3-b. Should it be built considering IRR?

In analyzing the runway proposal, the board has decided to use a 10-year time horizon. The county’s hurdle rate for capital projects is 14 percent. The County Board of Representatives believes that if the county conducts a promotional effort costing $28,000 per year, the proposed long runway will result in substantially greater economic development than was projected originally. However, the board is uncertain about the actual increase in county tax revenue that will result.

Required:

Suppose the board builds the long runway and conducts the promotional campaign. What would the increase in the county’s annual tax revenue need to be in order for the proposed runway’s internal rate of return to equal the county’s hurdle rate of 14 percent? (Round intermediate and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

I send you the entire question but only the last part I need help with. I got all the other parts correct ,but you need to see everthing to follow . Please show clear detail working. What would be the increase in the county annual revenue need to be be in order for the proposed runway's internal rate of return to equal to the hurdle rate of 14%?

What does it mean to say “Gender becomes a social construction—like race—when it is treated as an unchanging, fixed difference and then used to deny opportunity and equality to women?”