It is the beginning of September and you have been offered the following deal to go heli-skiing. If you pick the first week in January and pay for your vacation now, you can get a week of heli-skiing for $3,000. However, if you cannot ski because the helicopters cannot fly due to bad weather, there is no snow, or you get sick, you do not get a refund. There is a 40% probability that you will not be able to ski. If you wait until the last minute and go only if you know that the conditions are perfect and you are well, the vacation will cost you $5,500. You estimate that the pleasure you get from heli-skiing is worth $7,600 per week to you (if you had to pay more than that, you would choose not to go). If your cost of capital is 17% per year, should you book ahead or wait? You should because the NPV of this choice is $ (Round to two decimal places.) book ahead wait

Your old car costs you $300per month in gas and repairs. If you replace​ it, you could sell the old car immediately for $2,000. To buy a new car that would last seven years, you need to pay out $12,200 immediately. Gas and repairs would cost you only $100 per month on the new car. Interest is 9​%compounded monthly. Should you buy a new car​ (Alternative 1) or keep your old car​ (Alternative 2)? Compute the net present value of each alternative and determine which alternative should be accepted or rejected according to the net present value criterion. What will be the net present value for Alternative 1 ​(Round the final answer to the nearest dollar as needed. Round all intermediate values to six decimal places as​ needed.) What will be the net present value for Alternative 2. ​(Round the final answer to the nearest dollar as needed. Round all intermediate values to six decimal places as​ needed.) What will be the preferred alternative.

After having not gone anywhere over the past few years due to COVID, you would like to begin planning your next family vacation. You plan on taking your family to the Walt Disney World for a magical vacation in two years. Your hope is that, by then, COVID-related restrictions will have been eased. You are also hoping that the new Guardians of the Galaxy attraction will be completed by then. Starting today, you will begin making quarterly deposits of $600 into a savings account that pays interest quarterly (every 3 months). The annual interest rate earned in this account is 4% APR (1.00% quarterly), If you make your first deposit today and continue making quarterly deposits into the account for the next two years, how much money will you have saved for your vacation after you make your final payment at the end of the second year (9 total deposits)? The amount of money saved in the account at the end of the 2nd year is closest to which of the following? O A. $5,092 O B. $4,591 O C.…

Suppose that, at age 30, you might wish to leave your job and pursue a master’s degree. If you choose to remain at your job, your employer would pay you $74k per year until retirement, at age 55. If you go back to the university, you would have to sacrifice 2 years of income, but once you graduate, you would receive $117k per year until you retire at age 55. The master’s program you are interested in costs $22k per year.     Note: The term “k” is used to represent thousands (× $1,000).       Required: At an opportunity cost of 8%, determine the percentage difference between your most and least profitable alternatives, with the least profitable option as the basis for your calculation.Answer% Intermediate calculations must be rounded to 3 decimal places (at least). Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places (for example: 28.31%).