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| A firm evaluates all of its projects by using the NPV decision rule. | 
| Year | Cash Flow | ||
| 0 | –$29,000 | ||
| 1 | 22,000 | ||
| 2 | 16,000 | ||
| 3 | 8,000 | ||
| a. At a required return of 16 percent, what is the NPV for this project? | 
| b. At a required return of 32 percent, what is the NPV for this project? | 
| a. | NPV | $ 6,981.39 | ||
| Working: | ||||
| Year | Cash flow | Discount factor | Present value | |
| a | b | c=1.16^-a | d=b*c | |
| 0 | $ -29,000 | 1.0000 | -29,000.00 | |
| 1 | 22,000 | 0.8621 | 18,965.52 | |
| 2 | 16,000 | 0.7432 | 11,890.61 | |
| 3 | 8,000 | 0.6407 | 5,125.26 | |
| NPV | $ 6,981.39 | |||
| b. | NPV | $ 327.71 | ||
| Working: | ||||
| Year | Cash flow | Discount factor | Present value | |
| a | b | c=1.32^-a | d=b*c | |
| 0 | $ -29,000 | 1.0000 | -29,000.00 | |
| 1 | 22,000 | 0.7576 | 16,666.67 | |
| 2 | 16,000 | 0.5739 | 9,182.74 | |
| 3 | 8,000 | 0.4348 | 3,478.31 | |
| NPV | $ 327.71 |