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Cullumber Condiments is a spice-making firm. Recently, it
developed a new process for producing spices. The process requires
new machinery that would cost $1,904,338, have a life of five
years, and would produce the cash flows shown in the following
table.
Year | Cash Flow |
1 | $497,372 |
2 | -227,300 |
3 | 936,920 |
4 | 829,420 |
5 | 672,480 |
What is the NPV if the discount rate is 13 percent?
(Enter negative amounts using negative sign e.g.
-45.25. Do not round discount factors. Round other intermediate
calculations and final answer to 0 decimal places, e.g.
1,525.)
Solution:-
Calculation of Net Present value (NPV) | |||
Year | Cash Flows | PV @13% | Present value |
1 | 497,372.00 | 0.8850 | 440,174.22 |
2 | -227,300.00 | 0.7831 | -177,998.63 |
3 | 936,920.00 | 0.6930 | 649,285.56 |
4 | 829,420.00 | 0.6133 | 508,683.29 |
5 | 672,480.00 | 0.5427 | 364,954.90 |
Present value of Cash Inflows | 1,785,099.33 | ||
Less: Present value of Cash outflows | 1,904,338.00 | ||
Net Present Value | -119,238.67 |
Net Present value = -119,238 (Rounding off)