Brandon Company is contemplating the purchase of a new piece of equipment for $59,000. Brandon is in the 20% income tax bracket. Predicted annual after-tax cash inflows from this investment are $16,000, $14,000, $15,000, $15,000 and $5,000 for years 1 through 5, respectively. The firm uses straight-line depreciation with no residual value at the end of five years. The hurdle rate for accepting new capital investment projects is 4%, after-tax. The estimated accounting rate of return (ARR) on this project (rounded to two decimal points), based on the initial investment is:

Peppy roaney believes that pizza is a much more versatile dish than most people realize. as the national marketing manager for pizza guys, he observed how consumers were delighted with barbecue pizza, hawaiian pizza, mexican pizza and other unique combinations. his suggestions for other unusual pizzas, however, were met with a negative response by his superiors. even some of his colleagues laughed at his ideas. peppy's confidence in his ability to understand the market has led him to focus on planning a business of his own. peppy realizes that he will take a risk when he leaves his job with pizza guys and embarks upon a new venture: peppy's pizzazzeria. peppy is excited about the potential of profitably catering to the unmet desires of pizza consumers. peppy is confident that peppy's pizzazzeria will be a success, but only if he has enough money to do things right. since peppy has very little personal wealth, he knows he must obtain financial assistance. in order to prepare for meetings with bankers and p

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You are the cfo of a u. s. firm whose wholly owned subsidiary in mexico manufactures component parts for your u. s. assembly operations. the subsidiary has been financed by bank borrowings in the united states. one of your analysts told you that the mexican peso is expected to depreciate by 30 percent against the dollar on the foreign exchange markets over the next year. what actions, if any, should you take