You must evaluate the purchase of a proposed spectrometer for the R&D department. The purchase price of the spectrometer including modifications is $290,000, and the equipment will be fully depreciated at the time of purchase. The equipment would be sold after 3 years for $132,000. The equipment would require a $15,000 increase in net operating working capital (spare parts inventory). The project would have no effect on revenues, but it should save the firm $69,000 per year in before-tax labor costs. The firm's marginal federal-plus-state tax rate is 25%.
Project A | Project B | |||
Probability | Cash Flows | Probability | Cash Flows | |
0.2 | $6,750 | 0.2 | $ 0 | |
0.6 | 7,000 | 0.6 | 7,000 | |
0.2 | 7,250 | 0.2 | 17,000 |
BPC has decided to evaluate the riskier project at 12% and the less-risky project at 9%.
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