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Maxwell Software, Inc., has the following mutually exclusive projects.

  

Year

 

Project A

 

Project B

  0

 

 –$25,000   

 

 –$28,000   

  1

 

14,500   

 

15,500   

  2

 

11,000   

 

12,000   

  3

 

3,400   

 

11,000   

  

a-1.

Calculate the payback period for each project. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 3 decimal places, e.g., 32.161.)

  

 

Payback period

  Project A

years  

  Project B

years  

  

a-2.

Which, if either, of these projects should be chosen?

 

 

 

Project A

Project B

Both projects

Neither project

  

b-1.

What is the NPV for each project if the appropriate discount rate is 17 percent? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

  

 

NPV

  Project A

$  

  Project B

$  

  

b-2.

Which, if either, of these projects should be chosen if the appropriate discount rate is 17 percent?

 

 

 

Project A

Project B

Both projects

Neither project

Down Under Boomerang, Inc., is considering a new three-year expansion project that requires an initial fixed asset investment of $2.97 million. The fixed asset will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its three-year tax life, after which it will be worthless. The project is estimated to generate $2,170,000 in annual sales, with costs of $865,000. The tax rate is 35 percent and the required return is 9 percent.

   

What is the project’s NPV? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

  

  NPV

$  

The Best Manufacturing Company is considering a new investment. Financial projections for the investment are tabulated here. The corporate tax rate is 40 percent. Assume all sales revenue is received in cash, all operating costs and income taxes are paid in cash, and all cash flows occur at the end of the year. All net working capital is recovered at the end of the project.

 

 

 Year 0

Year 1  

Year 2  

Year 3  

Year 4  

  Investment

$

26,000  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Sales revenue

 

 

$

13,500  

14,000  

$

14,500  

$

11,500  

  Operating costs

 

 

 

2,900  

 

3,000  

 

3,100  

 

2,300  

  Depreciation

 

 

 

6,500  

 

6,500  

 

6,500  

 

6,500  

  Net working capital spending

 

320  

 

370  

 

420  

 

320  

 

?

 

a.

Compute the incremental net income of the investment for each year. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

 

 

Year 1  

Year 2  

Year 3  

Year 4  

  Net income

 $

$

$

$

 

b.

Compute the incremental cash flows of the investment for each year. (Do not round intermediate calculations. A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign.)

 

 

Year 0  

Year 1  

Year 2  

Year 3  

Year 4  

  Cash flow

$  

$  

$  

$  

$  

 

c.

Suppose the appropriate discount rate is 11 percent. What is the NPV of the project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

 

  NPV

$