One of Your Managers Has Requested the Purchase of a New

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Essay

One of your managers has requested the purchase of a new capital asset and as part of your analysis you are calculating the present value of the project's cash flow.Your manager has argued that your analysis is flawed.You believe the manager is trying to manipulate the analysis.You have determined the amount and timing of the project's cash flow.
Required:
a.Discuss how a manager can increase the project's present value without substantially altering it.
b.How can a company prevent managers from using such a method to their benefit?
Unit 9-2,

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Definitions:

Pulmonary Veins

Blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the left atrium of the heart.

Oxygenated Blood

Blood that has been enriched with oxygen by the lungs and is circulated by the heart to the rest of the body.

Ventricles

Cavities within the brain that produce and contain cerebrospinal fluid, or chambers in the heart that receive or pump blood.

Blood Pressure

The pressure of circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels, usually measured with a sphygmomanometer.