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question 3

Multiple Choice

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Your firm needs to invest in a new delivery truck. The life expectancy of the delivery truck is five years. You can purchase a new delivery truck for an upfront cost of $200,000, or you can lease a truck from the manufacturer for five years for a monthly lease payment of $4,000 (paid at the end of each month) . Your firm can borrow at 6% APR with quarterly compounding.
-The monthly discount rate that you should use to evaluate the truck lease is closest to:

• A) 0.487%
• B) 0.512%
• C) 0.498%
• D) 0.500%

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Definitions:

Contribution Margin Ratio

A financial metric that shows the percentage of sales revenue that is not consumed by variable costs and contributes to covering fixed costs.

Fixed Expenses

Costs that do not vary with the level of production or sales, such as rent, salaries, and insurance.

Residual Income

The amount of income that exceeds the minimum rate of return on a project or investment.

Required Rate Of Return

The minimum percentage return an investor expects to achieve from an investment to make it worthwhile, considering the risk.