Yocum Company purchased equipment on January 1 at a list price of $120,000 and received a $2,400 cash discount. Yocum paid $6,000 sales tax on the equipment, and paid installation charges of $1,760. Prior to installation, Yocum paid $4,000 to pour a concrete slab on which to place the equipment. What is the total cost of the new equipment?

The common stock and debt of northern sludge are valued at $65 million and $35 million, respectively. investors currently require a return of 15.9% on the common stock and a return of 7.8% on the debt. if northern sludge issues an additional $14 million of common stock and uses this money to retire debt, what happens to the expected return on the stock? assume that the change in capital structure does not affect the interest rate on northern’s debt and that there are no taxes.