On October 1, White Way Stores Inc. is considering leasing a building and purchasing the necessary equipment to operate a retail store. Alternatively, the company could use the funds to invest in $176,000 of 7% U.S. Treasury bonds that mature in 16 years. The bonds could be purchased at face value. The following data have been assembled:
Cost of store equipment | $176,000 |
Life of store equipment | 16 years |
Estimated residual value of store equipment | $16,800 |
Yearly costs to operate the store, excluding depreciation of store equipment | $57,740 |
Yearly expected revenues—years 1–8 | $87,700 |
Yearly expected revenues—years 9–16 | $72,000 |
A. Prepare a differential analysis as of October 1 presenting the proposed operation of the store for the 16 years (Alternative 1) as compared with investing in U.S. Treasury bonds (Alternative 2). Refer to the lists of Labels and Amount Descriptions for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries. For those boxes in which you must enter subtracted or negative numbers use a minus sign. If there is no amount or an amount is zero, enter "0". A colon (:) will automatically appear if required.
Score: 34/71
Differential Analysis |
Operate Retail Store (Alternative 1) or Invest in Bonds (Alternative 2) |
October 1 |
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Operate Retail Store |
Invest in Bonds |
Differential Effect on Income |
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(Alternative 1) |
(Alternative 2) |
(Alternative 2) |
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f the proposal is accepted, what would be the total estimated income from operations of the store for the 16 years?
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1 | Differential Analysis | |||
Operate Retail Store | Invest in Bonds | Differential Effect on Income | ||
Alt 1 | Alt 2 | Alt 2 | ||
Revenues | 127,7600 | 197,120 | -1,080,480 | |
Costs: | ||||
Cost to operate store | -923,840 | 0 | 923,840 | |
Cost of equipment less residual value | -159,200 | 0 | 159,200 | |
Income / ( Loss ) | 194,560 | 197,120 | 2,560 | |
The proposal to operate Retail store should not be accepted | ||||
2 | Estimated Income from retail store | |||
= $ 194560 |
Working | Operate Retail Store | Invest in Bonds | |
Alt 1 | Alt 2 | ||
Revenues | =(87700*8)+(72000*8) | =176000*7%*16 | |
Costs: | |||
Cost to operate store | =-57740*16 | 0 | |
Cost of equipment less residual value | =-(176000-16800) | 0 |
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