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You are considering the projects listed in the table below. Your company is currently capital constrained and cannot afford to spend more than a total of $1,200,000 on the projects. Which combination of projects do you recommend that the company take?
| 
 Cost  | 
 NPV  | 
|
| 
 Project 1  | 
 $235,000  | 
 $72,000  | 
| 
 Project 2  | 
 $125,000  | 
 $22,365  | 
| 
 Project 3  | 
 $540,000  | 
 $70,235  | 
| 
 Project 4  | 
 $450,000  | 
 $105,983  | 
| 
 Project 5  | 
 $50,000  | 
 $16,874  | 
| 
 Project 6  | 
 $121,000  | 
 $20,584  | 
| 
 Project 7  | 
 $251,000  | 
 $55,451  | 
| 
 Project 8  | 
 $95,000  | 
 $20,784  | 
Capital Contraint = $1,200,000.
If there is constraint on Capital, Profitability Index is best way to rank the projects.
We will use Profitability Index Analysis for selecting the projects
Profitability Index = PV of inflows / PV of outflows
Calculating Profitability Index for the projects:
| Project | Cost | NPV | PV of Inflows Cost + NPV  | 
Profitability Index | Ranking | 
 Cost for selected projects  | 
| Project 1 | 235,000.00 | 72,000.00 | 307,000.00 | 1.306 | 2 | 235,000.00 | 
| Project 2 | 125,000.00 | 22,365.00 | 147,365.00 | 1.179 | 7 | |
| Project 3 | 540,000.00 | 70,235.00 | 610,235.00 | 1.130 | 3 | 540,000.00 | 
| Project 4 | 450,000.00 | 105,983.00 | 555,983.00 | 1.236 | 4 | |
| Project 5 | 50,000.00 | 16,874.00 | 66,874.00 | 1.337 | 1 | 50,000.00 | 
| Project 6 | 121,000.00 | 20,584.00 | 141,584.00 | 1.170 | 8 | |
| Project 7 | 251,000.00 | 55,451.00 | 306,451.00 | 1.221 | 5 | 251,000.00 | 
| Project 8 | 95,000.00 | 20,784.00 | 115,784.00 | 1.219 | 6 | 95,000.00 | 
| 1,171,000.00 | 
Please note that we cannot select project 4. Because if we select project 4 after project 3, capital requirement will be 1,275,000.
So, we preferred to select next best projects.
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