You are buying a car and wish to do a cost/benefit analysis on buying a toyota prius with a cost of $24,200 or a ford focus with a cost of $16,500. the prius gets better mileage, 51 city/48 highway mpg (miles per gallon) than the focus, which gets 27 city/37 highway mpg. assume that all other costs of ownership are comparable. which car is the better financial deal for you? show all the calculations that determine which car is the better buy. what qualitative information will you use to determine which car to buy?

Used cars usually have options: higher depreciation rate than new cars lower financing costs than new cars lower insurance premiums than new cars lower maintenance costs than new cars

Trecek corporation incurs research and development costs of $625,000 in 2017, 30 percent of which relate to development activities subsequent to ias 38 criteria having been met that indicate an intangible asset has been created. the newly developed product is brought to market in january 2018 and is expected to generate sales revenue for 10 years. assume that a u. s.–based company is issuing securities to foreign investors who require financial statements prepared in accordance with ifrs. thus, adjustments to convert from u. s. gaap to ifrs must be made. ignore income taxes. required: (a) prepare journal entries for research and development costs for the years ending december 31, 2017, and december 31, 2018, under (1) u. s. gaap and (2) ifrs. (c) prepare the entry(ies) that trecek would make on the december 31, 2017, and december 31, 2018, conversion worksheets to convert u. s. gaap balances to ifrs.

Afinancing project has an initial cash inflow of $42,000 and cash flows of −$15,600, −$22,200, and −$18,000 for years 1 to 3, respectively. the required rate of return is 13 percent. what is the internal rate of return? should the project be accepted?