Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861704
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11, Problem 9QP
Calculating Break-Even [LO3] A project has the following estimated data: price = $54 per unit; variable costs = $36 per unit; fixed costs = $19,300; required return = 12 percent; initial investment = $26,800; life = four years. Ignoring the effect of taxes, what is the accounting break-even quantity? The cash break-even quantity? The financial break-even quantity? What is the degree of operating leverage at the financial break-even level of output?
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7). A project has the following estimated data:
Price = $54 per unit
Variable costs = $36 per unit
Fixed costs = $19,300
Required return = 12%
Initial investment = $23,800
Life = 4 years
Ignoring the effect of taxes, what is the:
a). Accounting break-even quantity?
b) Cash break-even quantity?
c) Financial break-even quantity?
d) Degree of operating leverage at the financial break-even level of output?
2. An investment has an installed cost of $412,670. The cash flows over the four-year life of the investment
are projected to be $212,817, $153,408, $102,389, and $72,308. If the discount rate is zero, what is the
NPV? If the discount rate is infinite, what is the NPV? At what discount rate is the NPV just equal
to zero? Sketch the NPV profile for this investment based on these three points.
[EXCEL] Payback: Refer to Problem 5. What are the payback periods for production systems 1 and 2? If the systems are mutually exclusive and the firm always chooses projects with the lowest payback period, in which system should the firm invest? please use excel.
Problem 5 info:
5. [EXCEL] Net present value: Blanda Incorporated management is considering investing in two alternative production systems. The systems are mutually exclusive, and the cost of the new equipment and the resulting cash flows are shown in the accompanying table. If the firm uses a 9 percent discount rate for production system projects, in which system should the firm invest?
Year System 1 System 2
0 −$15,000 −$45,000
1 15,000 32,000
2 15,000 32,000
3 15,000 32,000
Chapter 11 Solutions
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
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Ch. 11.5 - What is operating leverage?Ch. 11.5 - How is operating leverage measured?Ch. 11.5 - Prob. 11.5CCQCh. 11.6 - What is capital rationing? What types are there?Ch. 11.6 - Prob. 11.6BCQCh. 11 - Prob. 11.1CTFCh. 11 - Marcos Entertainment expects to sell 84,000...Ch. 11 - Delta Tool has projected sales of 8,500 units at a...Ch. 11 - What is true for a project if that project is...Ch. 11 - A capital-intensive project is one that has a...Ch. 11 - Pavloki, Inc., has three proposed projects with...Ch. 11 - Forecasting Risk [LO1] What is forecasting risk?...Ch. 11 - Sensitivity Analysis and Scenario Analysis [LO1,...Ch. 11 - Prob. 3CRCTCh. 11 - Operating Leverage [LO4] At one time at least,...Ch. 11 - Operating Leverage [LO4] Airlines offer an example...Ch. 11 - Prob. 6CRCTCh. 11 - Prob. 7CRCTCh. 11 - Prob. 8CRCTCh. 11 - Prob. 9CRCTCh. 11 - Scenario Analysis [LO2] You are at work when a...Ch. 11 - Calculating Costs and Break-Even [LO3] Night...Ch. 11 - Prob. 2QPCh. 11 - Scenario Analysis [LO2] Sloan Transmissions, Inc.,...Ch. 11 - Sensitivity Analysis [LO1] For the company in the...Ch. 11 - Sensitivity Analysis and Break-Even [LO1, 3] We...Ch. 11 - Prob. 6QPCh. 11 - Prob. 7QPCh. 11 - Calculating Break-Even [LO3] In each of the...Ch. 11 - Calculating Break-Even [LO3] A project has the...Ch. 11 - Using Break-Even Analysis [LO3] Consider a project...Ch. 11 - Calculating Operating Leverage [LO4] At an output...Ch. 11 - Leverage [LO4] In the previous problem, suppose...Ch. 11 - Operating Cash Flow and Leverage [LO4] A proposed...Ch. 11 - Cash Flow and Leverage [LO4] At an output level of...Ch. 11 - Prob. 15QPCh. 11 - Prob. 16QPCh. 11 - Sensitivity Analysis [LO1] Consider a four-year...Ch. 11 - Operating Leverage [LO4] In the previous problem,...Ch. 11 - Project Analysis [LO1, 2, 3, 4] You are...Ch. 11 - Project Analysis [LO1, 2] McGilla Golf has decided...Ch. 11 - Prob. 21QPCh. 11 - Sensitivity Analysis [LO1] McGilla Golf would like...Ch. 11 - Break-Even Analysis [LO3] Hybrid cars are touted...Ch. 11 - Break-Even Analysis [LO3] In an effort to capture...Ch. 11 - Prob. 25QPCh. 11 - Operating Leverage and Taxes [LO4] Show that if we...Ch. 11 - Scenario Analysis [LO2] Consider a project to...Ch. 11 - Sensitivity Analysis [LO1] In Problem 27, suppose...Ch. 11 - Prob. 29QPCh. 11 - Prob. 30QP
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