Discuss about the cost effective by integrated pest mangement?

Sale of Equipment Equipment was acquired at the beginning of the year at a cost of $575,000. The equipment was depreciated using the straight-line method based on an estimated useful life of 9 years and an estimated residual value of $44,745. a. What was the depreciation for the first year? Round your answer to the nearest cent. $ b. Using the rounded amount from Part a in your computation, determine the gain(loss) on the sale of the equipment, assuming it was sold at the end of year eight for $98,037. Round your answer to the nearest cent and enter as a positive amount. $ c. Journalize the entry to record the sale. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. Round your answers to the nearest cent.

What is the net present value of this investment?

INITIAL COST                                 $500,000

PROJECT LIFE                                 15 years

SALVAGE VALUE                           $ 20,000

ANNUAL NET CASH FLOWS          $120,000   

DISCOUNT RATE                                15 %

            a.     $ 203,684

            b.    $ 204,142

            c.     $ 205,669

            d.    $ 206,263

            e.     $ 208,721

Equipment was acquired at the beginning of the year at a cost of $75,720. The equipment was depreciated using the straight-line method based upon an estimated useful life of 6 years and an estimated residual value of $7,920.

Required:

To calculate the cost of debt for a firm, which of the following WOULD NOT be used?

a. The Present value

b. The number of years to maturity

c. The number of years since it was issued

d. The coupon payment amount

e. The Face value

Homemade leverage and homemade dividends

a. are ways for companies to compete in the areas of leverage and dividends

b. are ways of using personal borrowing, lending, and stock purchases to adjust exposure to policies.

c. Are ways for individuals to avoid taxes when they own stocks of highly leveraged companies.

d. are the same thing

e. None of the above.

When looking for the weighted average cost of capital, we are striving for the WACC that

a. minimizes the value of the firm

b. Balances the weights as evenly as possible between debt and equity.

c. Is the largest number.

d. maximizes the value of the firm.

e. Balances the rates on debt and equity as evenly as possible.

Financial distress costs

a. could result in bankruptcy of the firm

b. could be something like requiring payments COD.

c. are a possible result of too much debt

d. all of the above

e. None of the above

Equipment was acquired at the beginning of the year at a cost of $79,560. The equipment was depreciated using the straight-line method based upon an estimated useful life of 6 years and an estimated residual value of $7,800.

a. What was the depreciation expense for the first year?
$

b. Assuming the equipment was sold at the end of the second year for $60,100, determine the gain or loss on sale of the equipment.
$   

c. Journalize the entry to record the sale. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank or enter "0".

Critically discuss the effect of the cost of capital on financial decisions.

Computer equipment was acquired at the beginning of the year at a cost of $27,500 that has an estimated residual value of $1,700 and an estimated useful life of 5 years.

a. Determine the depreciable cost.
$

b. Determine the double-declining-balance rate.
%

c. Determine the double-declining-balance depreciation for the first year.
$

The development cost of the target application is estimated at = $705588

The lifetime of the application is FOUR years. Lifetime = 4 years

The operation cost for each year is = $87055

The benefit derived from the execution of the target application for each year during its lifetime = $870558

The return rate of the other investments will be = 8%

calculate if the new application pays for itself? and when will it pay for itself?

PLEASE SHOW YOUR WORK, Thanks for your help.