Questions from Corporate Finance


Q: Consider the following financial statement information for the Newk Corporation:

Consider the following financial statement information for the Newk Corporation:Calculate the operating and cash cycles. How do you interpret your answer?

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Q: Consider a firm with a contract to sell an asset

Consider a firm with a contract to sell an asset for $145,000 four years from now. The asset costs $91,700 to produce today. Given a relevant discount rate of 11 percent per year, will the firm make a...

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Q: Your firm has an average collection period of 31 days.

Your firm has an average collection period of 31 days. Current practice is to factor all receivables immediately at a discount of 1.25 percent. What is the effective cost of borrowing in this case? As...

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Q: Your company will generate $47,000 in annual revenue each year

Your company will generate $47,000 in annual revenue each year for the next seven years from a new information database. If the appropriate interest rate is 7.1 percent, what is the present value of t...

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Q: Sexton Corp. has projected the following sales for the coming

Sexton Corp. has projected the following sales for the coming year:a. Calculate payments to suppliers assuming that the company places orders during each quarter equal to 30 percent of projected sales...

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Q: The Torrey Pine Corporation’s purchases from suppliers in a quarter

The Torrey Pine Corporation’s purchases from suppliers in a quarter are equal to 75 percent of the next quarter’s forecast sales. The payables period is 60 days. Wa...

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Q: In a typical month, the Monk Corporation receives 80 checks

In a typical month, the Monk Corporation receives 80 checks totaling $113,000. These are delayed four days on average. What is the average daily float? Assume 30 days in a month

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Q: No More Books Corporation has an agreement with Floyd Bank

No More Books Corporation has an agreement with Floyd Bank whereby the bank handles $4.5 million in collections per day and requires a $340,000 compensating balance. No More Books is contemplating can...

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Q: Bird’s Eye Treehouses, Inc., a Kentucky company, has determined that

Bird’s Eye Treehouses, Inc., a Kentucky company, has determined that a majority of its customers are located in the Pennsylvania area. It therefore is considering using a lockbox system offered by a b...

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Q: Cow Chips, Inc., a large fertilizer distributor based in California,

Cow Chips, Inc., a large fertilizer distributor based in California, is planning to use a lockbox system to speed up collections from its customers located on the East Coast. A Philadelphia-area bank...

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