The Weber Company Purchased a Mining Site for $1,750,000 on July

question 65

Multiple Choice

The Weber Company purchased a mining site for $1,750,000 on July 1, 2014. The company expects to mine ore for the next 10 years and anticipates that a total of 400,000 tons will be recovered. The estimated residual value of the property is $150,000. During 2014 the company extracted 6,500 tons of ore. The depletion expense for 2014 is

• A) $17,500
• B) $16,000
• C) $26,000
• D) $15,000

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Definitions:

Discount Rate

The rate employed in discounted cash flow assessments to establish the current valuation of anticipated future cash flows.

Certainty Equivalent Approach

A method used in capital budgeting and investment theory that adjusts future cash flows to account for risk, making them equivalent in value to certain cash flows.

Risky Years

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Certainty Equivalent Approach

A method of evaluating investments by adjusting future cash flows to reflect the risk, converting them into certain cash flows in present value terms.