Gargiulo Company, a 90% Owned Subsidiary of Posito Corporation, Sells

question 34

Multiple Choice

Gargiulo Company, a 90% owned subsidiary of Posito Corporation, sells inventory to Posito at a 25% profit on selling price. The following data are available pertaining to intra-entity purchases. Gargiulo was acquired on January 1, 2012. Assume the equity method is used. The following data are available pertaining to Gargiulo's income and dividends.
Compute the equity in earnings of Gargiulo reported on Posito's books for 2013.

• A) $76,500.
• B) $77,130.
• C) $75,870.
• D) $75,600.
• E) $75,800.

Calculate and analyze the NPV of projects under different scenarios using probability forecasts.

Understand the importance of risk adjustment in capital budgeting and the use of appropriate discount rates.

Relate the concept of risk aversion from portfolio theory to capital budgeting decisions.

Evaluate the value of rough estimates of probability distribution of project NPV or IRR over point estimates.

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