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- (Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Tranter, Inc., is considering a project that would have a ten-year life and would require a $1,200,000 investment in equipment. At the end of ten years, the project would terminate and the equipment would have no salvage value. The project would provide net operating income each year as follows:
All of the above items, except for depreciation, represent cash flows. The company's required rate of return is 12%.
Required:
a. Compute the project's net present value. b. Compute the project's internal rate of return to the nearest whole percent. c. Compute the project's payback period. d. Compute the project's simple rate of return.
Capital Budgeting Decisions
Learning Objective: 08-01 Evaluate the acceptability of an investment project using the net present value method. Learning Objective: 08-02 Evaluate the acceptability of an investment project using the internal rate of return method. Learning Objective: 08-05 Determine the payback period for an investment. Learning Objective: 08-06 Compute the simple rate of return for an investment. Level: 2 Medium
a. Because depreciation is the only noncash item on the income statement, the annual net cash flow can be computed by adding back depreciation to net operating income.
b. The formula for computing the factor of the internal rate of return (IRR) is: Factor of the IRR = Investment required ÷ Annual net cash inflow $1,200,000 ÷ $300,000 = 4.00 Factor To the nearest whole percent, the internal rate of return is 21%
c. The formula for the payback period is: Payback period = Investment required ÷ Annual net cash inflow $1,200,000 ÷ $300,000 per year = 4.0 years
d. The formula for the simple rate of return is: Simple rate of return = Annual incremental net operating income ÷ Initial investment $180,000 ÷ $1,200,000 = 15%
Minimum annual cash flows required = Negative net present value to be offset ÷ Present value factor $165,638 ÷ 6.710 = $24, This much additional revenue would result in a zero net present value. Any less than this and the net present value would be negative. Any more than this and the net present value would be positive.
Learning Objective: 08-03 Evaluate an investment project that has uncertain cash flows. Level: 3 Hard
- (Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Brewer Company is considering purchasing a machine that would cost $537,600 and have a useful life of 9 years. The machine would reduce cash operating costs by $82,708 per year. The machine would have a salvage value of $107,520 at the end of the project.
Required:
a. Compute the payback period for the machine. b. Compute the simple rate of return for the machine.
