The Bluebird Company has a $10,000 liability it must pay three years from today. The company is opening a savings account so that the entire amount will be available when this debt needs to be paid. The plan is to make an initial deposit today and then deposit an additional $2,500 a year for the next three years, starting one year from today. The account pays a 3% rate of return. How much does the Bluebird Company need to deposit today? a) $1,867.74 b ) 2,079.89 c) 3, 108.09 d) 4,276.34 e) 4,642.28

A company has had record profits and decided to use some of the profits to pay for manufacturing improvements. If the company can invest $1,600,000.00 in an a annuity will that will make payments at the beginning of every six months for 4 years. If the annuity pays 5.6%, compounded semi-annual. What is the size of payments that the company can expect?The payment amount will be $. (Round to 2 decimal places.)

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You want to be able to withdraw $25,000 each year for 20 years. Your account earns 10% interest. A.How much do you need in your account at the beginning? b) How much total money will you pull out of the account? c) How much of that money is interest?

You are a financial adviser, and your client wants to save $6,000 in order to make a downpayment for a car in two years. Your bank offers a savings account which pays 3.6% compounded quarterly. The client wishes to make deposits at the end of each three-month period. What is the amount of the annuity the client needs to pay in order to meet the goal? (Choose the closest number.) a) $718.44. b) $726.69 c) $734.16 d) $741.92 e) None of these. ENG 令 CMS

At times firms will need to decide if they want to continue to use their current equipment or replace the equipment with newer equipment. The company will need to do replacement analysis to determine which option is the best financial decision for the company. Price Co. is considering replacing an existing piece of equipment. The project involves the following: • The new equipment will have a cost of $9,000,000, and it is eligible for 100% bonus depreciation so it will be fully depreciated at t = 0. • The old machine was purchased before the new tax law, so it is being depreciated on a straight-line basis. It has a book value of $200,000 (at year 0) and four more years of depreciation left ($50,000 per year). • The new equipment will have a salvage value of $0 at the end of the project's life (year 6). The old machine has a current salvage value (at year 0) of $300,000. • Replacing the old machine will require an investment in net operating working capital (NOWC) of…