A firm is considering three possible one-year investments, which we will name X, Y, and Z. Investment

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A firm is considering three possible one-year investments, which we will name X, Y, and Z.

  • Investment X would cost $10 million now and would return $11 million next year, for a net gain of $1 million.
  • Investment Y would cost $100 million now and would return $105 million next year, for a net gain of $5 million.
  • Investment Z would cost $1 million now and would return $1.2 million next year, for a net gain of $200,000.

The firm currently has $150 million of cash on hand that it can loan out at 15 percent interest. Which of the three possible investments should it undertake?

a. X only.

b. Y only.

c. Z only.

d. X and Y.

e. X and Z.

f. X, Y, and Z. 

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Microeconomics Principles, Problems and Policies

ISBN: 978-1259450242

20th edition

Authors: Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue, Sean Masaki Flynn

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