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A weekly business magazine offers a 1-year subscription for $58 and a 3-
year subscription for $116. If you thought you would read the magazine for at least the next 3 years, and consider 20% as a minimum rate of return, which way would you purchase the magazine: With three 1-year subscriptions or a single 3-year subscription? (Answer: Choose the 3-year subscription.) 2. A new alloy can be produced by Process A, which costs $200,000 to implement. The operating cost will be $10,000 per quarter with a salvage value of $25,000 after its 2-year life. Process B will have a first cost of $250,000, an operating cost of $15,000 per quarter, and a $40,000 salvage value after its 4-year life. The interest rate is 8% per year com- pounded quarterly. Using present value analysis which process should be selected. 3. An engineering student is deciding whether to buy two 1-semester parking permits or an annual permit. The annual parking permit costs $100 due August 15th, and the semester permits are $65 due August 15th and January 15th. What is the rate of return for buying the annual permit?