Tranter, Inc., is considering a project that would have aeleven-year life and would require a $1,995,000 investment inequipment. At the end of eleven years, the project would terminateand the equipment would have no salvage value. The project wouldprovide net operating income each year as follows: (Ignore incometaxes.)
Sales $ 2,100,000 Variableexpenses 1,400,000 Contributionmargin 700,000 Fixed expenses: Fixed out-of-pocketcash expenses $ 350,000 Depreciation 110,000 460,000 Net operatingincome $ 240,000
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All of the above items, except for depreciation, represent cashflows. The company's required rate of return is 9%.
Required: a. Compute the project's net present value. (Negativeamount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round discountfactor(s) to 3 decimal places, intermediate and final answers tothe nearest dollar amount. Omit the "$" sign in yourresponse.)
Net presentvalue $
b. Compute the project's internal rate of return to the nearestwhole percent. (Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimalplaces and final answer to the nearest whole percent. Omit the "%"sign in your response.)
Internal rate ofreturn %
c. Compute the project's paybackperiod. (Round your answer to 1 decimalplace.)
Payback period years
d. Compute the project's simplerate of return. (Round your final answer to the nearestwhole percent. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)
Simple rate ofreturn %
Tranter, Inc., is considering a project that would have aeleven-year life and would require a $1,995,000 investment inequipment. At the end of eleven years, the project would terminateand the equipment would have no salvage value. The project wouldprovide net operating income each year as follows: (Ignore incometaxes.) |
Sales | $ | 2,100,000 | |||
Variableexpenses | 1,400,000 | ||||
Contributionmargin | 700,000 | ||||
Fixed expenses: | |||||
Fixed out-of-pocketcash expenses | $ | 350,000 | |||
Depreciation | 110,000 | 460,000 | |||
Net operatingincome | $ | 240,000 | |||
Click here to view Exhibit13B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) usingtables. |
All of the above items, except for depreciation, represent cashflows. The company's required rate of return is 9%. |
Required: | |
a. | Compute the project's net present value. (Negativeamount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round discountfactor(s) to 3 decimal places, intermediate and final answers tothe nearest dollar amount. Omit the "$" sign in yourresponse.) |
Net presentvalue | $ |
b. | Compute the project's internal rate of return to the nearestwhole percent. (Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimalplaces and final answer to the nearest whole percent. Omit the "%"sign in your response.) |
Internal rate ofreturn | % |
c. | Compute the project's paybackperiod. (Round your answer to 1 decimalplace.) |
Payback period | years |
d. | Compute the project's simplerate of return. (Round your final answer to the nearestwhole percent. Omit the "%" sign in your response.) |
Simple rate ofreturn | % |