The owners of a small manufacturing concern
have hired a vice president to run the company
with the expectation that he will buy the company
after five years. Compensation of the new
vice president is a flat salary plus 75% of the
first $150,000 profit, and then 10% of profit
over $150,000. Purchase price for the company
is set at 4.5 times earnings (profit), computed as
average annual profitability over the next five
years.
a. Plot the annual compensation of the vice
president as a function of annual profit.
b. Assume the company will be worth $10
million in five years. Plot the profit of buying
the company as a function of annual
profit.
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