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Gold Mining, Inc. is using the profitability index (PI) when evaluating projects. Gold Mining’s cost of capital is 5.40 percent. What is the PI of a project if the initial costs are $1,449,850 and the project life is estimated as 10 years? The project will produce the same after-tax cash inflows of $634,623 per year at the end of the year.
Round the answer to two decimal places.
| 5.4000% | |||
| Cash flows | Year | Discounted CF | Cumulative cash flow |
| (1,449,850.00) | 0 | -1449850.00 | -1449850 |
| 634,623.00 | 1 | 602109.11 | -847740.892 |
| 634,623.00 | 2 | 571261.01 | (276,479.88) |
| 634,623.00 | 3 | 541993.37 | 265,513.49 |
| 634,623.00 | 4 | 514225.21 | 779,738.70 |
| 634,623.00 | 5 | 487879.71 | 1,267,618.41 |
| 634,623.00 | 6 | 462883.97 | 1,730,502.38 |
| 634,623.00 | 7 | 439168.85 | 2,169,671.23 |
| 634,623.00 | 8 | 416668.74 | 2,586,339.98 |
| 634,623.00 | 9 | 395321.39 | 2,981,661.36 |
| 634,623.00 | 10 | 375067.73 | 3,356,729.09 |
NPV = 3,356,729
PI = 1 + 3,356,729/1,449,850 = 3.32