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P10-24 (similar to) |
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techniqueslong dash—Decision
among mutually exclusive investments Pound Industries is attempting to select the best of three mutually exclusive projects. The initial investment and after-tax cash inflows associated with these projects are shown in the following table.
Cash flows |
Project A |
Project B |
Project C |
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Initial investment (CF) |
$150,000 |
$190,000 |
$190,000 |
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Cash inflows Initial investment (CF), cash inflows (cf),t=1to 5 |
$50,000 |
$62,000 |
$63,000 |
a. Calculate the payback period for each project.
b. Calculate the net present value (NPV) of each project, assuming that the firm has a cost of capital equal to
12%.
c. Calculate the internal rate of return (IRR) for each project.
d. Indicate which project you would recommend.
a. The payback period of project A is
years. (Round to two decimal places.)