Suppose a firm is considering the purchase of a machine which would increase its total revenues by $10,000 for the year. The machine costs $8,000 and has a useful life of one year. The interest rate is 20 percent. This investment should
A) be undertaken because the rate of return is 2 percent greater than the interest rate.
B) be undertaken because the rate of return is 5 percent greater than the interest rate.
C) be undertaken because the rate of return is 7 percent greater than the interest rate.
D) not be undertaken, because the rate of return is 7 percent less than the interest rate.
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Q225: Which of the following is incorrect?
A)The nominal
Q226: If the desired real rate of interest
Q227: Effective usury laws cause
A)a surplus of money
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A)subsidize lenders.
B)penalize those who borrow
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