Ziva Corporation purchased a machine on July 1, 2016 for $840,000. The machine was estimated to have a useful life of 10 years and a salvage value of $38,000. Ziva depreciates the machine using the straight-line method. On January 1, 2020, management revised its estimate of the machine's useful life and determined that it would have a remaining useful life of four additional years (until December 31, 2023). Ziva did not change the estimated salvage value. Using this revised estimate, what would be the amount of depreciation expense in 2020

Assume the government imposes a $2.25 tax on suppliers, which results in a shift of the supply curve from s1 to s2. the price the seller receives for the product after paying the tax is

Anew 2-lane road is needed in a part of town that is growing. at some point the road will need 4 lanes to handle the anticipated traffic. if the city's optimistic estimate of growth is used, the expansion will be needed in 4 years and has a probability of happening of 40%. for the most likely and pessimistic estimates, the expansion will be needed in 8 and 15 years respectively. the probability of the pessimistic estimate happening is 20%. the expansion will cost $ 4.2 million and the interest rate is 8%. what is the expected pw the expansion will cost?

Why is following an unrelated diversification strategy especially advantageous in an emerging economy? a. it allows the conglomerate to overcome institutional weaknesses in emerging economies. b. it allows the conglomerate to form a monopoly in emerging economies. c. it allows the conglomerate to use well-defined legal systems in emerging economies. d. it allows the conglomerate to take advantage of strong capital markets in emerging economies.