X-treme Vitamin Company is considering two investments, both of which cost $42,000. The cash flows are as follows:
Year | Project A | Project B | ||||
1 | $ | 44,000 | $ | 42,000 | ||
2 | 15,000 | 14,000 | ||||
3 | 15,000 | 20,000 | ||||
Use Appendix B for an approximate answer but calculate your
final answer using the formula and financial calculator
methods.
a-1. Calculate the payback period for Project A
and Project B. (Round your answers to 2 decimal
places.)
a-2. Which of the two projects should be chosen
based on the payback method?
Project A | |
Project B |
b-1. Calculate the net present value for
Project A and Project B. Assume a cost of capital of 8 percent.
(Do not round intermediate calculations and round your
final answers to 2 decimal places.)
b-2. Which of the two projects should be chosen
based on the net present value method?
Project B | |
Project A |
c. Should a firm normally have more confidence in
the payback method or the net present value method?
Payback method | |
Net present value method |
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