1. The Paper Tree store wants a program that calculates and displays the number of single rolls of wallpaper needed to cover a room. The salesclerk will provide the room’s length, width, and ceiling height, in feet. He or she also will provide the number of square feet a single roll will cover. Complete an IPO chart for this problem. Desk-check the algorithm using 10, 12, 8, and 30 as the room’s length, width, ceiling height, and number of square feet a single roll will cover, respectively. Then desk-check it using your own set of data.
2. The payroll clerk at Nosaki Company wants a program that calculates and displays an employee’s gross pay, federal withholding tax (FWT), Social Security and Medicare (FICA) tax, state tax, and net pay. The clerk will enter the hours worked (which is never over 40), hourly pay rate, FWT rate, FICA tax rate, and state income tax rate. Complete and IPO chart for this problem. Desk-check the algorithm using 30, $10, .2, .08, and .04 as the hours worked, pay rate, FWT rate, FICA rate, and state tax rate, respectively. Then desk-check it using your own set of data.
3. The Paper Tree store wants a program that calculates and displays the number of single rolls of wallpaper needed to cover a room. The salesclerk will provide the room’s length, width, and ceiling
Assignment
Collins Minerals Ltd plans to raise new capital for its cobalt project in Western Australia. The company will issue debt and equity instruments to fund for the project. The company’s CFO has asked you to calculate the weighted average cost of capital for the company.
The company intends issue bonds that will pay 10% yearly coupon with a total face value of $50 million. The bonds will mature in 10 years. The firm has been informed by an investment banker that bonds of equal risk and credit rating are now selling at a yield of 10 % per annum. The common stock has a price of $28 with an expected dividend of $1.20 per share. The expected growth rate for earnings and dividends per share is 11% per annum. The preference stock is selling at $50 per share and carries a dividend of $5.00 per share. The flotation costs are 2.0% of the selling price for the preference shares, no floatation costs will be incurred for any new debt and common stocks issued. The capital structure of the firm is comprised of 60% debts, 5 % preference shares and 35% common shares. The corporate tax rate is 30%.
