A man is considering investing P500, 000 to ope n a semi-automatic auto-washing business in a city of 400, 000 population. The equipment can wash, on the average, 12 cars per hour, using two men to operate it and to do small amount of hand work. The man plans to hire two men, in addition to himself, and operate the station on an 8-hour basis, 6 days per week, 50 weeks per year. He will pay his employees P25. 00 per hour. He expects to charge P25. 00 for a car wash. Out-of-pocket miscellaneous cost would be P8, 500 per month. He would pay his employees for 2 weeks for vacations each year. Because of the length of his lease, he must write off his investment within 5 years. His capital now is earning 15%, and he is employed at a steady job that pays P25, 000 per month. He desires a rate of return of at least 20% on his investment. Would you recommend the investment? d) Solve for the payback period and the IRR,

A man is considering investing P500, 000 to ope n a semi-automatic auto-washing business in a city of 400, 000 population. The equipment can wash, on the average, 12 cars per hour, using two men to operate it and to do small amount of hand work. The man plans to hire two men, in addition to himself, and operate the station on an 8-hour basis, 6 days per week, 50 weeks per year. He will pay his employees P25. 00 per hour. He expects to charge P25. 00 for a car wash. Out-of-pocket miscellaneous cost would be P8, 500 per month. He would pay his employees for 2 weeks for vacations each year. Because of the length of his lease, he must write off his investment within 5 years. His capital now is earning 15%, and he is employed at a steady job that pays P25, 000 per month. He desires a rate of return of at least 20% on his investment. Would you recommend the investment? d) Solve for the payback period and the IRR,

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A man is considering investing P500, 000 to open a semi-automatic auto-washingbusiness in a city of 400, 000 population. The equipment can wash, on the average, 12 carsper hour, using two men to operate it and to do small amount of hand work. The man plansto hire two men, in addition to himself, and operate the station on an 8-hour basis, 6 daysper week, 50 weeks per year. He will pay his employees P25. 00 per hour. He expects tocharge P25. 00 for a car wash. Out-of-pocket miscellaneous cost would be P8, 500 permonth.He would pay his employees for 2 weeks for vacations each year. Because of the length ofhis lease, he must write off his investment within 5 years. His capital now is earning 15%,and he is employed at a steady job that pays P25, 000 per month. He desires a rate ofreturn of at least 20% on his investment. Would you recommend the investment? Use present and future worth method.
A man is considering investing P500, 000 to open a semi-automatic auto-washing business in a city of 400, 000 population. The equipment can wash, on the average, 12 cars per hour, using two men to operate it and to do small amount of hand work. The man plans to hire two men, in addition to himself, and operate the station on an 8-hour basis, 6 days per week, 50 weeks per year. He will pay his employees P25. 00 per hour. He expects to charge P25. 00 for a car wash. Out-of-pocket miscellaneous cost would be P8, 500 per month. He would pay his employees for 2 weeks for vacations each year. Because of the length of his lease, he must write off his investment within 5 years. His capital now is earning 15%, and he is employed at a steady job that pays P25, 000 per month. He desires a rate of return of at least 20% on his investment. Would you recommend the investment? a) Use ROR method
A man is considering investing P500, 000 to open a semi-automatic auto-washing business in a city of 400, 000 population. The equipment can wash, on the average, 12 cars per hour, using two men to operate it and to do small amount of hand work. The man plans to hire two men, in addition to himself, and operate the station on an 8-hour basis, 6 days per week, 50 weeks per year. He will pay his employees P25. 00 per hour. He expects to charge P25. 00 for a car wash. Out-of-pocket miscellaneous cost would be P8, 500 per month. He would pay his employees for 2 weeks for vacations each year. Because of the length of his lease, he must write off his investment within 5 years. His capital now is earning 15%, and he is employed at a steady job that pays P25, 000 per month. He desires a rate of return of at least 20% on his investment. Would you recommend the investment? a) Use ROR method b) Use Annual Worth method c) Use present worth method d) Use future worth method e) Solve for the payback…
A man is considering investing Php 750,000 to open a semi-automatic auto washing business in the city of 450,000 population. The equipment can wash on average, 12 cars per hour using 2 men to operate it and to do some small amount of hand work. The man plans to hire two additional men in addition to himself and operate the station on an 8-hour basis, 6 days a week and 50 weeks per year. He will pay his employee Php 15 per hour. He expects to charge Php 30 for a car wash. Out of pocket miscellaneous cost would be Php 9,750 per month. He would pay his employees for 2 weeks vacations each year. Because of the length of his lease, he must write off his investment within 5- years. His capital now is earning 15% and he is employed at a steady job that pays 20,000 a month. He desires a rate of return of at least 20% on his investment. Would you recommend the investment?
A young mechanical engineer is considering establishing his own small company. An investment of P400,000 will be required which will be recovered in 15 years. It is estimated that sales will be P800,000 per year and that operating expenses will be as follows: Materials 160,000 per yearLabor 280,000 per yearOverhead 40,000 + 10 % of sales per yearSelling Expenses 60,000 The man will give u his regular job paying P216,000 per year and devote full time to the operation of the business; this will result in decreasing labor cost by P40,000 per year, material cost by P28,000 per year and overhead cost by P32,000 per year. If the man expects to earn at least 20% of his capital, should he invest?
The Rizal Park is maintained by 17 guards, who patrols the around 24 hours rotationally and 38 streetsweepers. If the streetsweepers have an average wage of Php 250,000 per year with benefits and the guards get Php 200,000. What is the capitalized cost today of all the future wages for park maintenance at an interest rate of 8% per year?
Kath is considering investing 500,000.00 to open a Milk Tea Station near a mall. Based on her feasibility study, she can sell 12 large size of milk tea per hour at a price of 25.00 per bottle. She is planning to hire 2 crews, with an hourly rate of 25.00, to manage the store which will operate 8hours per day, 6 days per week, and 50 weeks per year. However, additional out-of-pocket miscellaneous cost is 8,500.00 per month. More so, she wanted to have her crews a 2-week vacation every year with pay. If the capital now is earning 15% annually and she must write off her investment within 5 years with desire rate of return of at least 20% on his investment, would you recommend the investment? Use the rate of return method and annual worth method in making your decision.
The owner of a small local flea market rents tables to vendors every Sunday. His only expense is the purchase of the building in which the flea market operates at a cost of $450,000. The owner expects to rent about 20 tables per week (1000 per year), and wishes to receive a 12% annual return on his investment in the building. What gross margin (in dollars) should the owner use?
A young mechanical engineer is considering establishing his own small company. Aninvestment of P400,000 will be required which will be recovered in 15 years. It is estimatedthat sales will be P800,000 per year and that operating expenses will be as follows. (see attached photo) The man will give u his regular job paying P216,000 per year and devote full time to the operation of the business; this will result in decreasing labor cost by P40,000 per year, material cost by P28,000 per year and overhead cost by P32,000 per year. If the man expects to earn at least 20% of his capital, should he invest?
Sara has just been hired as a cost engineer by a large Pharmaceutical Company. Suppose she believes that the cash revenues from a new project will be $20,000 per year, assuming everything goes as expected. Cash costs (including taxes) will be $14,000 per year. She will wind down the project in eight years. The plant, property, and equipment will be worth $2,000 as salvage at that time. The project costs $30,000 to launch. She uses a 15 percent discount rate on new projects such as this one. Is this a good investment? If there are 1,000 shares of stock outstanding, what will be the effect on the price per share of taking this investment?
The plant engineer of a major food processing corporation is evaluating alternatives to supply electricity to the plant. He will pay RM3 million for electricity purchased from the local utility at the end of this first year and estimates that this cost will increase at RM300 000 per year. He desires to know if he should build a 4 000 kilowatt power plant. His operating costs (other than fuel) for such a power plant are estimated to be RM130 000 per year. He is considering two alternative fuels: Q3 (a) WOOD: Installed cost of the power plant is RM1 200/kilowatt. Fuel consumption is 30 000 tone per year. Fuel cost for the first year is RM20 per ton and is estimated to increase at a rate of RM2 per ton for each year after the first. No salvage value. (b) OIL: Installed cost is $1000/kw. Fuel consumption is 46 000 barrels per year. Fuel cost is RM34 per barrel for the first year and is estimated to increase at RM1/barrel per year for each year after the first. No salvage value. If interest…
A young mechanical engineer is considering establishing his own small company. An investment of P400,000 will be required which will be recovered in 15 years. It is estimated that sales will be P800,000 per year and that operating expenses will be as follows: Materials P160,000 per year Labor P280,000 per year Overhead P40,000 +10% of sales per year Selling expense P60,000 The man will give you his regular job paying P216,000 per year and devote full time to the operation of the business; this will result in decreasing labor cost by P40,000 per year, material cost by P28,000 per year and overhead cost by P32,000 per year. If the man expects to earn at least 20% of his capital, should he invest using the ROR method and what is the ROR? a. ROR = 13.224% (not justified) b. ROR = 18.345 % (justified) %3D c. ROR = 23.564% (not justified) d. ROR = 23.564 % (justified)

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