Jose is thinking about purchasing a soft drink machine and placing it in a business office. He knows that there is a 5% probability that someone who walks by the machine will make a purchase from the machine, and he knows that the profit on each soft drink sold is $0.10. If Jose expeccts a thousand people per day to pass by the machine and requires a complete return of his investment in one year, then what is the maximum price that he should be willing to pay for the soft drink machine? Assume 250 working daysin a year, and ignore taxes and the time value of money.

How in the world do I solve this one with my HP 10bll calculator? Do I use IRR/YR? What do I use? I feel like I am missing information

Assume that you just graduated from Mason and are employed at an investment bank making $120,000 (after-tax) per year, and you expect to make the same amount for each of the next 5 years. A classmate from MBA643, who knows what a hard party person you were, gives you a call and tries to convince you to join forces with him on a project. The project is to produce a new type of vodka, “Hangover’s over”, that won’t make one feel hangover the next morning no matter how many bottles one drinks. If you decide to join, you will have to quit your current job, and work full-time on the project. The project requires an initial investment of $400,000 in production equipment, which can be depreciated straight-line over 5 years to a salvage value of $80,000. You own a house that you are currently renting out for $24,000 a year and planning to use the house as your office if you join the project. You expect to sell 20,000 bottles of the “Hangover’s over” at $40 per unit each year for the next 5…

Please Show me the calculations!!   A real estate investor is considering the purchase of an apartment building that currently provides income of $30,000 and is expected to grow in income by 3% for the next 4 years. You would receive income from today, year 0, through year 4. At the end of year 4, they expect to sell the property for $800,000. The investor has a discount rateof 6%. How much should an investor be willing to pay for this property?