13-1 NPV with Normal Cash Flows Compute the NPV for Project M and accept or reject the
project with the cash flows shown below if the appropriate cost of capital is 8 percent. (LG13-3)
Project M
Time: 0 1 2 3 4 5
Cash flow 2$1,000 $350 $480 $520 $600 $100
13-2 NPV with Normal Cash Flows Compute the NPV statistic for Project Y and indicate
whether the firm should accept or reject the project with the cash flows shown below if the
appropriate cost of capital is 12 percent. (LG13-3)
Project Y
Time: 0 1 2 3 4
Cash flow 2$8,000 $3,350 $4,180 $1,520 $300
13-3 NPV with Non-Normal Cash Flows Compute the NPV statistic for Project U and rec-
ommend whether the firm should accept or reject the project with the cash flows shown
below if the appropriate cost of capital is 10 percent. (LG13-3)
Project U
Time: 0 1 2 3 4 5
Cash flow 2$1,000 $350 $1,480 $520 $300 2$100
13-4 NPV with Non-Normal Cash Flows Compute the NPV statistic for Project K and rec-
ommend whether the firm should accept or reject the project with the cash flows shown
below if the appropriate cost of capital is 6 percent. (LG13-3)
Project K
Time: 0 1 2 3 4 5
Cash flow 2$10,000 $5,000 $6,000 $6,000 $5,000 2$10,000
13-5 Payback Compute the payback statistic for Project B and decide whether the firm should
accept or reject the project with the cash flows shown below if the appropriate cost of capi-
tal is 12 percent and the maximum allowable payback is three years. (LG13-2)
Project B
Time: 0 1 2 3 4 5
Cash flow 2$11,000 $3,350 $4,180 $1,520 $0 $1,000
13-6 Payback Compute the payback statistic for Project A and recommend whether the firm
should accept or reject the project with the cash flows shown below if the appropriate cost
of capital is 8 percent and the maximum allowable payback is four years. (LG13-2)
Project A
Time: 0 1 2 3 4 5
Cash flow 2$1,000 $350 $480 $520 $300 $100
13-7 Discounted Payback Compute the discounted payback statistic for Project C and rec-
ommend whether the firm should accept or reject the project with the cash flows shown
below if the appropriate cost of capital is 8 percent and the maximum allowable discounted
payback is three years. (LG13-2) Time: 0 1 2 3 4 5
Cash flow 2$1,000 $480 $480 $520 $300 $100
13-8 Discounted Payback Compute the discounted payback statistic for Project D and rec-
ommend whether the firm should accept or reject the project with the cash flows shown
below if the appropriate cost of capital is 12 percent and the maximum allowable dis-
counted payback is four years. (LG13-2)
Project D
Time: 0 1 2 3 4 5
Cash flow 2$11,000 $3,350 $4,180 $1,520 $0 $1,000
13-13 PI Compute the PI statistic for Project Z and advise the firm whether to accept or reject
the project with the cash flows shown below if the appropriate cost of capital is 8 percent.
(LG13-6)
Project Z
Time: 0 1 2 3 4 5
Cash flow 2$1,000 $350 $480 $650 $300 $100
13-14 PI Compute the PI statistic for Project Q and indicate whether you would accept or reject the
project with the cash flows shown below if the appropriate cost of capital is 12 percent. (LG13-6)
Project Q
Time: 0 1 2 3 4
Cash flow 2$11,000 $3,350 $4,180 $1,520 $2,000