A company is determining the selling price for its new product.
At a selling price of $16 per unit there will be zero demand but for every $1 reduction in the price, demand will increase by 100 units per period.
Production must be in batches of 100 units. The variable cost per unit will be $8 if 400 units are produced in a period. For each additional batch produced in a period the variable cost per unit will increase by $1 per unit for the additional batch only.
No inventories will be held.
Which of the following sales and production volumes will generate the highest contribution per period?

A company has just received the latest in a series of annual payments; this payment was $620. The annual payments are expected to continue for three more years with each payment being increased by the expected rate of inflation. The real cost of capital is 8% per year and the expected rate of inflation is
6% per year.
What is the present value of the future payments the company expects to receive?
Give your answer to the nearest $.

An 80% learning curve will apply to the production of a new product. The first unit will require 120 labor hours. The labor rate is $11 per hour.
To the nearest $1, the expected total labor cost for the first 4 units is:

A group consists of two divisions, Alpha and Beta, both of which are profit centers. Alpha sells a product to the external market and also sells it as an intermediate product to Beta.
Beta then processes further before selling the final product to the external market. The current group transfer pricing policy requires Alpha to charge Beta with the variable cost of production.
Which of the following statements is valid?

Which of the following correctly defines the expected value of a project?