BTEC Applied Science Unit 1: Efficiency Worksheet Name____________ efficiency = ( 100 %) 1 What is the efficiency of a motor that turns 100 J of electrical energy into 70 J of useful kinetic energy? Give your answer as a decimal. 2 An electric winch is used to lift a load of mass 2 kg a height of 1.5 m. It uses 50 J of energy when it does this. i) Calculate the amount of potential energy gained by the load using the formula: Ep = mgh where Ep is the potential energy
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McGilla Golf Company NPV analysis- McGilla Golf Company is thinking about undertaking a new project to add a line of golf clubs to add to their product line. Based on market research their net income will increase by 3‚240‚000 per year for seven years. When analyzing their required net working capital‚ capital spending and operating cash flow over these 7 years‚ their NPV is positive at $6‚480‚747.29. Based on these projections adding the line of gold clubs is an acceptable project for the company
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ASSIGNMENT 1: Strategic Corporate Finance Type of Assessment: Case Study: 2500 words (equivalent) Submission deadline: Upload to Moodle before 14:00 noon Friday 22nd March 2013. Weighting: 50% of module mark Uploading to Moodle * Attach the feedback sheet and marking grid to the front of your assignment * Upload your spreadhseet Learning outcomes 1. Analyse different capital budgeting techniques 2. Evaluate the information derived from different capital budgeting techniques
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costs. Thus to make shareholders happy‚ a firm must invest in projects with positive NPVs. We shall start this essay with an explanation of the NPV‚ then compare this method with other investment appraisal methods and finally try to define‚ based on the works of Tony Davies‚ Brian Pain‚ and Brealey/Myers/Allen‚ which method works best in order to define a good investments. So what is the Net Present Value? The NPV is today’s value of the difference between cash inflows and outflows projected at future
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I. Background/Issues and Concern Rosemary Worth was talking about the consequences of a theft that had recently occurred at the business she owned‚ Private Fitness‚ LLC. Private Fitness is a small health club located in Rancho Palos Verdes‚ California‚ an upscale community located in the Los Angeles Area. As manager of the business‚ Rosemary hired Kate Hoffman‚ one of the instructors and a long-time friend. Kate’s primary tasks included marketing‚ facility upkeep‚ scheduling of appointments‚
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Private International Law – Study Notes The most important instruments of European Union Law in terms of this course are the following: Brussels Convention and Brussels I Regulation (i.e. 1968 Brussels Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters) (Schedule I to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982) and Brussels I Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments
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rest of our life. In this case‚ NPV is the most appropriate answer out of two or three most widely used techniques in capital decision making. While doing so we also should keep in mind two major features of NPV: 1) in monetary terms‚ NPV is the difference between today’s market value of the investment and its original cost. 2) a financial manager should always act on behalf of the interests of shareholders through distinguishing and picking up projects with positive NPV‚ since it’s very clear that
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Initial Investment The desired item is jewelry The cost in 12 years will be about $6000. The average interest rate is 5%. The Present value formula is P =A (1+r)-n where P is the present value that will amount to A dollars in n years at interest rate r compounded annually. Note that the quantity raised to a power has the negative exponent on –n. According to the rules of exponents‚ this means that once the negative is put into effect‚ the base quantity will change position by dropping down
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Eco-labelling and Accreditation are effective means of ensuring that tourism organisations adhere to the principles of sustainability? Tourism industry is ‘a consumer of resources’ which ‘represents an insidious form of consumptive activity’ (McKercher 1993 cited in Fyall and Garrod 1997‚ p.51). Governments of different countries are now seeking for different ways to prevent further exhaustion of natural resources that was caused by tourism activities and developments. The Green Globe programme
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Opco Ltd.‚ is a Canadian Controlled Private Corporation which manufactures soap and bath products. The company’s Statement of Income for the year ended December 31‚ 2015 is as follows: Opco Ltd. Statement of Income For the Year Ended December 31‚ 2015 Sales Revenues $2‚400‚000 Cost of Goods Sold 960‚000 Gross Profit
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