Consider two mutually exclusive new product launch projects that nagano golf is considering. assume the discount rate for both products is 14 percent. project a: nagano np-30. professional clubs that will take an initial investment of $580,000 at year 0. for each of the next 5 years, (years 1-5), sales will generate a consistent cash flow of $215,000 per year. introduction of new product at year 6 will terminate further cash flows from this project. project b: nagano nx-20. high-end amateur clubs that will take an initial investment of $440,000 at year 0. cash flow at year 1 is $130,000. in each subsequent year, cash flow will grow at 10 percent per year. introduction of new product at year 6 will terminate further cash flows from this project. year np-30 nx-20 0 –$ 580,000 –$ 440,000 1 215,000 130,000 2 215,000 143,000 3 215,000 157,300 4 215,000 173,030 5 215,000 190,333 complete the following table: (do not round intermediate calculations. round your "pi" answers to 3 decimal places, e. g., 32.161, and other answers to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16. enter your irr answers as a percent.)

Uppose stanley's office supply purchases 50,000 boxes of pens every year. ordering costs are $100 per order and carrying costs are $0.40 per box. moreover, management has determined that the eoq is 5,000 boxes. the vendor now offers a quantity discount of $0.20 per box if the company buys pens in order sizes of 10,000 boxes. determine the before-tax benefit or loss of accepting the quantity discount. (assume the carrying cost remains at $0.40 per box whether or not the discount is taken.)

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Sweeten company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of march and no beginning inventories. the company has two manufacturing departments--molding and fabrication. it started, completed, and sold only two jobs during march—job p and job q. the following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for jobs p and q (all data and questions relate to the month of march): molding fabrication total estimated total machine-hours used 2,500 1,500 4,000 estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead $ 10,000 $ 15,000 $ 25,000 estimated variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour $ 1.40 $ 2.20 job p job q direct materials $ 13,000 $ 8,000 direct labor cost $ 21,000 $ 7,500 actual machine-hours used: molding 1,700 800 fabrication 600 900 total 2,300 1,700 sweeten company had no underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead costs during the month. required: for questions 1-8, assume that sweeten company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate with machine-hours as the allocation base. for questions 9-15, assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both departments. 1. what was the company’s plantwide predetermined overhead rate? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) next