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Use the cash flows and competitive spreads shown in the table below.

($ millions)
Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Years 3–10
Investment 190
Production (millions of pounds per year) 0 0 49 89
Spread ($ per pound) 1.04 1.04 1.04 1.04
Net revenues 0 0 50.96 92.56
Production costs 0 0 39.00 39.00
Transport 0 0 0 0
Other costs 0 29 29 29
Cash flow –190 29 –17.04 –24.56
NPV (at r = 6%) = 0

Assume the dividend payout ratio each year is 100%.

a. Calculate the year-by-year book and economic profitability for investment in polyzone production. Assume straight-line depreciation over 10 years and a cost of capital of 6%. (Negative answers should be indicated by a minus sign. Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your income answers in millions rounded to 2 decimal places and enter the rate of return as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Period: 0 1 2 3 4 5
Book income ($)
Book rate of return (%)
Economic income ($)
6 7 8 9 10
Book income ($)
Book rate of return (%)
Economic income ($)

b-1. What is the economic rate of return? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Economic rate of return %

b-2. Now compute the steady-state book rate of return (ROI) for a mature company producing polyzone. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

ROI %

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Patrina Schowalter
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