You Are Working on a Bid to Build Two Apartment

question 95

Multiple Choice

You are working on a bid to build two apartment buildings a year for the next 5 years for a local college.This project requires the purchase of $750,000 of equipment that will be depreciated using straight-line depreciation to a zero book value over the project's life.The equipment can be sold at the end of the project for $325,000.You will also need $140,000 in net working capital over the life of the project.The fixed costs will be $628,000 a year and the variable costs will be $1,298,000 per building.Your required rate of return is 14.5 percent for this project and your tax rate is 35 percent.What is the minimal amount,rounded to the nearest $100,you should bid per building?

• A)$1,423,700
• B)$1,489,500
• C)$1,733,000
• D)$2,780,600
• E)$3,465,900

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Alternative Hypothesis

The hypothesis in a statistical test that proposes a specific difference or effect, in contrast to the null hypothesis which suggests no effect.

Rejection Region

The range of values in hypothesis testing that if the test statistic falls within, leads to the rejection of the null hypothesis.

Alternative Hypothesis

Represents a statement that contradicts the null hypothesis and is considered true if the null hypothesis is proven to be false, often denoting the presence of an effect or difference.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data to evaluate a hypothesis in statistical hypothesis testing.