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A company should never accept an order for its product at less than its regular sales price.

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Mc Gee Corporation recently purchased a new machine for its factory operations at a cost of $840000. The investment is expected to generate $250000 in annual cash flows for a period of five years. The required rate of return is 12%. The new machine is expected to have zero salvage value at the end of the five-year period. Instructions Calculate the internal rate of return. (Table 2 from Appendix C is needed.)

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A decision whether to sell a product now or to process it further depends on whether the incremental _____________ from processing further are greater than the incremental processing ______________.

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In deciding on the future status of an unprofitable segment management does not usually consider the effect of elimination on related product lines.

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A hurdle rate is the rate of return set by applying ideal standards.

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Net present value is the difference between the

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Match of the following.
A capital budgeting technique that identifies the time period required to recover the cost of a capital investment from the annual cash inflow produced by the investment.
Net present value method
The minimum rate of return management requires on an investment.
Sunk cost
A cost that cannot be changed by any present or future decision.
Internal rate of return method
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A capital budgeting technique that identifies the time period required to recover the cost of a capital investment from the annual cash inflow produced by the investment.
Net present value method
The minimum rate of return management requires on an investment.
Sunk cost
A cost that cannot be changed by any present or future decision.
Internal rate of return method
The potential benefit that may be lost from following an alternative course of action.
Discounted cash flow technique
The determination of the profitability of a capital expenditure by dividing expected annual net income by the average investment.
Annual rate of return technique
A method used in capital budgeting in which cash inflows are discounted to their present value and then compared to the capital outlay required by the capital investment.
Cash payback technique
A capital budgeting technique that considers both the estimated total cash inflows from the investment and the time value of money.
Incremental analysis
A method used in capital budgeting that results in finding the interest yield of the potential investment.
Opportunity cost
The process of identifying the financial data that change under alternative courses of action.
Capital budgeting
The process of making capital expenditure decisions in business.
Hurdle or cutoff rate
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Opportunity cost must be considered in decisions involving

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Cha Li Lao Company wants to purchase equipment with a 3-year useful life which is expected to produce cash inflows of $15000 each year for two years and $9000 in year 3. Woods has a 14% cost of capital and uses the following factors. What is the present value of these future cash flows?  Present Value of 1\text { Present Value of } 1 Period 14\% 1 .88 2 .77 3 .67

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Suite Sixteen Makeup produces facial moisturizer. Each bottle of moisturizer costs $10 to produce and can be sold for $13. The bottles can be sold as is or processed further into sunscreen at a cost of $14 each. Suite Sixteen Makeup could sell the bottles of sunscreen for $22 each.

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Niro Company has money available for investment and is considering two projects each costing $71000. Each project has a useful life of 3 years and no salvage value. The investment cash flows follow: Instructions If 8% is an acceptable earnings rate which project should be selected? Justify your response. (Table 1 from Appendix C is needed.)

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Grayson Company is considering two new projects each requiring an equipment investment of $72000. Each project will last for three years and produce the following annual net income. Year TIP TOP 1 \ 8,000 \ 9,000 2 9,000 9,000 3 14,000 9,000 The equipment will have no salvage value at the end of its three-year life. Grayson Company uses straight-line depreciation. Grayson requires a minimum rate of return of 12%. Present value data are as follows:  Grayson Company is considering two new projects each requiring an equipment investment of $72000. Each project will last for three years and produce the following annual net income.   \begin{array} { c r r }  \text { Year } & { \text { TIP } } & { \text { TOP } } \\ 1 & \$ 8,000 & \$ 9,000 \\ 2 & 9,000 & 9,000 \\ 3 & 14,000 & 9,000 \end{array}  The equipment will have no salvage value at the end of its three-year life. Grayson Company uses straight-line depreciation. Grayson requires a minimum rate of return of 12%. Present value data are as follows:   Instructions (a) Compute the net present value of each project. (b) Which project should be selected? Why? Instructions (a) Compute the net present value of each project. (b) Which project should be selected? Why?

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An important purpose of management accounting is to provide _____________________ for decision making.

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A company is deciding on whether to replace some old equipment with new equipment. Which of the following is not a relevant cost for incremental analysis?

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Valerta Company used the net present value method and determined that project 34 had a zero net present value. What does this tell management about the project?

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Ellen Company manufactures kitchen utensils. Bolla Company has approached Ellen with a proposal to sell the company spatulas at a price of $100000 for 100000 units. Elllen is currently making the spatulas in its own factory. The following costs are associated with this part of the process when 100000 spatulas are produced: Direct material \ 41,000 Direct labor 19,000 Manufacturing overhead 50,000 Total \1 10,000 The manufacturing overhead consists of $36000 of costs that will be eliminated if the components are no longer produced by Ellen. From Ellen's point of view how much is the incremental cost or savings if the spatulas are bought instead of made?

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The annual rate of return is computed by dividing expected annual net income by average investment.

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Incremental analysis would not be appropriate for

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If a company must expand capacity to accept a special order it is likely that there will be

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Oscar Co. is contemplating the replacement of an old machine with a new one. The following information has been gathered: Old Machine New Machine Cost \ 250,000 \ 500,000 Accumulated Depreciation 75,000 -0 - Remaining useful life 10 years -0 - Useful life -0 - 10 years Annual operating costs \ 200,000 \ 150,500 If the old machine is replaced it can be sold for $20000. The net advantage (disadvantage) of replacing the old machine is

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