Holt Enterprises recently paid a dividend, D0, of $3.75. It expects to have nonconstant growth of 23% for 2 years followed by a constant rate of 6% thereafter. The firm's required return is 9%. a. How far away is the horizon date?

I. The terminal, or horizon, date is Year 0 since the value of a common stock is the present value of all future expected dividends at time zero.

II. The terminal, or horizon, date is the date when the growth rate becomes nonconstant. This occurs at time zero.

III. The terminal, or horizon, date is the date when the growth rate becomes constant. This occurs at the beginning of Year 2.

IV. The terminal, or horizon, date is the date when the growth rate becomes constant. This occurs at the end of Year 2.

V. The terminal, or horizon, date is infinity since common stocks do not have a maturity date.

b. What is the firm's horizon, or continuing, value? Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations.

c. What is the firm's intrinsic value today, P0? Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations.

Which of the following statements accurately describes how costs and benefits are calculated?

5. profit maximization and shutting down in the short run suppose that the market for polos is a competitive market. the following graph shows the daily cost curves of a firm operating in this market. 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 price (dollars per polo) quantity (thousands of polos) mc atc avc for each price in the following table, calculate the firm's optimal quantity of units to produce, and determine the profit or loss if it produces at that quantity, using the data from the previous graph to identify its total variable cost. assume that if the firm is indifferent between producing and shutting down, it will produce. (hint: you can select the purple points [diamond symbols] on the previous graph to see precise information on average variable cost.) price quantity total revenue fixed cost variable cost profit (dollars per polo) (polos) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) (dollars) 12.50 135,000 27.50 135,000 45.00 135,000 if the firm shuts down, it must incur its fixed costs (fc) in the short run. in this case, the firm's fixed cost is $135,000 per day. in other words, if it shuts down, the firm would suffer losses of $135,000 per day until its fixed costs end (such as the expiration of a building lease). this firm's shutdown price—that is, the price below which it is optimal for the firm to shut down—is per polo.

Alarge tank is filled to capacity with 500 gallons of pure water. brine containing 2 pounds of salt per gallon is pumped into the tank at a rate of 5 gal/min. the well-mixed solution is pumped out at the same rate. find the number a(t) of pounds of salt in the tank at time t.