Maria Turner just graduated from college with a degree in accounting. She planned to enroll immediately in the master's program at her university but has been offered a lucrative job at a well-known company. The job is exactly what Maria hoped to find after obtaining her graduate degree. In anticipation of master's program classes, Maria already spent $450 to apply for the program. Tuition is $8,000 per year, and the program will take two years to complete. Maria's expected salary after completing the master's program is approximately $60,000. If she pursues the master's degree, Maria would stay in her current home that is near the campus and costs $600 per month in rent. Sh also would remain at her current job that pays $25,000 per year. Additionally, Maria's immediate family is nearby. She spends considerable time with family and friends, especially during the holidays. This would not be possible if she accepts the job offer because of the distance from her new location. The job Maria has been offered includes a salary of $50,000. She would have to relocate to another state, but her employer would p $5,000 for moving expenses. Maria's rent in the new location would be approximately $800 per month. The new location is a fast- growing, active city that offers a number of cultural activities that Maria would enjoy. The city is also home to Maria's favorite Major League Baseball team, and she would expect to buy season tickets. Required: 1. Help Maria make her decision by categorizing the factors involved in making her choice. Complete the following chart regarding t factors in Maria's decision. A single factor may have multiple columns checked. 2. For each of the following items, identify the differential amount in Maria's alternatives. For example, the incremental cost of tuition $16,000 if Maria chooses to pursue the master's degree. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Help Maria make her decision by categorizing the factors involved in making her choice. Complete the following chart regarding the factors in Maria's decision. A single factor may have multiple columns checked. Note: Leave the cell blank if the factor doesn't fall in a particular column. Relevant Irrelevant Sunk Cost Qualitative Factor $450 spent on application fee $8,000 per year tuition $60,000 salary with master's degree $600 per month current rent $25,000 current salary Time spent with family and friends $50,000 new salary $5,000 moving expenses $800 rent per month in new location Cultural activities in the new location Ability to have MLB season tickets < Required 1 Required 2 >

Ahmed is considering his plans for the coming weekend. He is currently working as a marketing specialist in a big advertising company. He normally spends the weekend with family but this weekend he is thinking of going on a camping trip that would cost him about $1,000. At the same time, his manager asked him whether he can help during the weekend and the company will be willing to pay him an overtime bonus of $2,500. If Ahmed goes on the camping trip, he can manage to provide a number of quick consultancy services that would earn him around $1,900. If Ahmed decided to go on the camping trip what would be the incremental cost of that ?($) decision 900 .a O 1,900 .b O 2,500 .CO None of the given answers 1,000 e O

Celia, age 30 is leaving a major systems development company to establish her own firm. She will design computer-based systems for small- and medium-sized businesses. Celia will invest $100,000 in the business. She hopes to operate near her breakeven point during her first year, although a small loss is possible. Profits will build up slowly over the next four years until she is earning $150,000 a year in her fifth year. Celia has heard about S Corporations and asks you whether the S Corporation form would be advisable for her new business. How would you respond to Celia's inquiry?

A professor has two daughters that he hopes will one day go to college. Currently, in-state students at the local University pay about $21,208.00 per year (all expenses included). Tuition will increase by 3.00% per year going forward. #11 O unanswered The professor's oldest daughter, Sam, will start college in 16 years, while his youngest daughter, Ellie, will begin in 18 not_submitted years. The professor is saving for their college by putting money in a mutual fund that pays about 9.00% per year. Tuition payments are at the beginning of the year and college will take 4 years for each girl. (Sam's first tuition payment will be in exactly 16 years) Attempts Remaining: Infinity The professor has no illusion that the state lottery funded scholarship will still be around for his girls, so how much does he need to deposit each year in this mutual fund to successfully put each daughter through college. (ASSUME that the money stays invested during college and the professor will make his last…

Please help me determine the IRR of my MBA. The cost is $35,000. I am on scholarship so the degree has no cost to me out of pocket. I have not had to forgo any income over the 2 year program as I have done it part time.   I have 16 years left to work, assuming that the increase in pay would be 15,000 per year for the remaining 16 years. Please let me know if you need any more details. Thank you.

As a future graduate of the University of Minnesota, someday you would like to endow a scholarship (meaning give the university money in your name) to pay for tuition expenses for future UMN students. Assume you just graduated (congratulations!). You plan to work for fifteen years after graduation before endowing this scholarship (at the end of the fifteenth year AFTER graduation). Annual tuition at UMN is $10,000 today, and is expected to grow at the long-term average rate of inflation of 3% per year forever. Savings are expected to earn a return of 7% per year forever.   a) The first tuition payment is due one year after the scholarship is endowed. How much will the tuition be when your scholarship makes the first payment? b) You would like the scholarship to pay all tuition for one student per year for the twenty years following the creation of the endowment, how much money do you need to endow the scholarship? c)If you would like the scholarship to pay for tuition for one student…

An engineer changed jobs and is signing up for benefits. The company 401(k) includes a low cost treasury bond fund. The engineer will put 3% of her salary of $70,000 into the account, and her employer will match half this amount. Her salary is expected to increase 2.8% per year. (a) What is the value of the account after 10 years? (b) If she expects to work for 30 years, how much will be in the account?

Mark is trying to decide if he should attend college or not. Part of his decision will be based on the return on investment of college. He estimates costs to attend Texas Tech for 4 years including room and board are $20,000 per year. He also assumes tuition costs will rise by 3.5% per year. How much is a 4-year degree going to cost Mark?      $92,183.27      $84,298.86      $7,231,158.87      $1,314,002.83

Abraham, 28 years old has graduated five years ago from one reputable university in UK. His majoring in studies previously in Accounting and Finance and he plans to further his studies in Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) in order for him to have a good career path in capital market industry. The fee for CFA is almost RM6,000 for one module and he has to sit for three modules to complete the CFA certificate. Currently his salary is RM3,800 and every month he saves RM1,000 in his savings accounts at interest rate of 2% compounding monthly, invests RM250 per month in Private Retirement Scheme Fund (PRS) and RM200 per month in unit trust fund, pay premium of RM200 per month for life insurance. Recently, he invests about 50% of the bonus he received and invests in ABBA stock and the remaining he will save in Tabung Haji account (for pilgrime savings). The bonus received is five months of his salary. He assumed to receive the interest from ABBA stock RM500 in the first year, RM800 in the…

A professor has two daughters that he hopes will one day go to college. Currently, in-state students at the local University pay about $21,413.00 per year (all expenses included). Tuition will increase by 4.00% per year going forward. The professor's oldest daughter, Sam, will start college in 16 years, while his youngest daughter, Ellie, will begin in 18 years. The professor is saving for their college by putting money in a mutual fund that pays about 8.00% per year. Tuition payments are at the beginning of the year and college will take 4 years for each girl. (Sam's first tuition payment will be in exactly 16 years) The professor has no illusion that the state lottery funded scholarship will still be around for his girls, so how much does he need to deposit each year in this mutual fund to successfully put each daughter through college.