An equipment costing $20,000 for assembling an electronics a…

An equipment costing $20,000 for assembling an electronics assembly is being considered by Sam Electronics in Cookeville, Tennessee. The equipment falls under three-year property class as per MACRS depreciation method. The equipment will have a salvage value of $5000 at the end of its life.  If the equipment is sold at the end of 3 years for $8000, determine the loss on sale, recaptured depreciation and/or capital gain using the MACRS depreciation method.

Smalls Electric Company is considering investing in new powe…

Smalls Electric Company is considering investing in new power-switching equipment.  The net present worth and probabilities for three probable outcomes are : Outcome: A B C Net PW 5.3K 4.0K 8.6K Probability of outcome 0.50 0.30 0.20   What is the risk, σPW, associated with the proposal?