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Bell Manufacturing is attempting to choose the better of two mutually exclusive projects for expanding the firm's warehouse capacity. The relevant cash flows for the projects are shown in the following table: The firm's cost of capital is 16%.
Project X |
Project Y |
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Initial investment
(CF 0CF0) |
$500,000 |
$310,000 |
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Year
(t) |
Cash inflows
(CF Subscript tCFt) |
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1 |
$130,000 |
$140,000 |
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2 |
$130,000 |
$140,000 |
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3 |
$130 comma 000130,000 |
$85 comma 00085,000 |
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4 |
$180,000 |
$90,000 |
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5 |
$270,000 |
$30,000 |
a. Calculate the IRR for each of the projects. Assess the acceptability of each project on the basis of the IRRs.
b. Which project is preferred?