The founder of Alchemy Products, Inc., discovered a way to turn lead into gold and patented this new technology. He then formed a corporation and invested $400,000 in setting up a production plant. He believes that he could sell his patent for $24 million.

a. What are the book value and market value of the firm?

b. If there are 1 million shares of stock in the new corporation, what would be the price per share and the book value per share?