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Answer:

a-1) Present value of the installment option is $93.08.

      Present value for immediate bill payment is $90.

a2) Opting to pay the bill immediately is the preferable choice.

b-1) Present value of the installment option amounts to $88.65.

b-2) In this scenario, paying in installments is the better option.

Explanation:

a-1) To determine the present value of the installment plan, the payments occur as follows: $25 immediately, followed by $25 at the end of each of the next 3 years. This setup constitutes an annuity due, and the present value can be calculated as follows:

PMT denotes the annuity payment at the start of each period, which is $25.

             i signifies the interest rate compounded per period.

=0.05

            n represents the number of payment periods, which amounts to 4.

Present value = =$93.08

The present value of immediate bill payment equals $100, reduced by the 10% discount, calculated as $100 * 0.9 = $90.

a-2) Paying immediately is advantageous since it costs $90 compared to the $93.08 present value of installments.

b1) If the installment payments do not commence for another year, the present value of the payment series is computed as:

                                          =

                                          = = 88.65

b-2) In this instance, paying via installments is better as it is less expensive at $88.65 compared to the immediate payment's present value at $90.

Answer:

Details on Costs and Revenue associated with the new CD

e. None of the alternatives given

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Variable expenses:

Direct materials and labor:    $2.50/CD

Royalties for songwriters:          $0.70/CD

Royalties for recording artists: $2.00/CD

Overall variable cost                     $5.20/CD

Price for CD Distributor: $10.00/CD

Contribution margin                       $4.80/CD

Fixed Costs:

Costs for advertising & promotion:           $380,000

Overhead for Sony Records Inc.: $300,000

Total fixed expenses                         $680,000

To find the break-even point = Total fixed costs/Contribution per unit

= $680,000/$4.8 = 142,000 CDs

Given that they have sold 100,000 CDs

The increase is 42,000 (142,000 - 100,000)

This growth represents a 42% change = (42,000/100,000 * 100)

The shift in sales from 100,000 to 142,000 CDs required to reach break-even is a 42% increase.  None of the available choices from a to d provide the correct answer.

Natalie intends to achieve a 25% profit on a sale of $70,000. To calculate, she does the following:

(125 ÷ 100) × 70000 = $87500.

Natalie aims for $87500, however, the agent will take a 6% commission on the sale price, so she must include this amount, calculated as:

(106 ÷ 100) * 87500 = $92750.

For the total of $92750, there is an additional closing cost of $1200,

This gives us $92750 + $1200 = $93950.

When rounding $93950 to the nearest hundred, we arrive at $94000.

Therefore, to secure a 25% profit, Natalie should set the final sale price at $94000.