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What is the Profitability Index of a project that costs $39,000 today and is expected to generate annual cash inflows of $5,000 for the following 8 years. Assume the company's WACC is 9%. Round to two decimal places.
| Profitability index | = | Present value of cash inflow | / | Cost of project | |
| = | $ 27,674.10 | / | $ 39,000.00 | ||
| = | 0.71 | ||||
| Working: | |||||
| Year | Cash inflow | Discount factor | Present value | ||
| a | b | c=1.09^-a | d=b*c | ||
| 1 | $ 5,000 | 0.9174 | $ 4,587.16 | ||
| 2 | $ 5,000 | 0.8417 | $ 4,208.40 | ||
| 3 | $ 5,000 | 0.7722 | $ 3,860.92 | ||
| 4 | $ 5,000 | 0.7084 | $ 3,542.13 | ||
| 5 | $ 5,000 | 0.6499 | $ 3,249.66 | ||
| 6 | $ 5,000 | 0.5963 | $ 2,981.34 | ||
| 7 | $ 5,000 | 0.5470 | $ 2,735.17 | ||
| 8 | $ 5,000 | 0.5019 | $ 2,509.33 | ||
| Total | $ 27,674.10 | ||||