Simone Flew from Edmonton, Alberta, to London, Two Days Ago

question 62

Multiple Choice

Simone flew from Edmonton, Alberta, to London, two days ago. Since then, she has been feeling sleepy during the day but has had difficulty sleeping during the night. The probable reason for her difficulty is that

• A) airline travel has temporarily disrupted her hypothalamus.
• B) she is exhausted from sight-seeing.
• C) her body clock is not synchronized with clock time
• D) she lost a night's sleep on her flight.

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Definitions:

NPV

Net Present Value: a capital budgeting technique that determines the profitability of a project or investment.

WACC

A firm's Weighted Average Cost of Capital is derived by calculating the cost of capital for each capital category and then weighting these costs according to each category's presence in the total capital structure.

NPV

Net Present Value (NPV) is a financial metric that calculates the difference between the present value of cash inflows and the present value of cash outflows over a period of time.

Cash Flow

The overall movement of capital entering and leaving a firm, which directly affects its solvency.