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Hawk Sporting Goods is a manufacturer of falconry equipment. Hawk is analyzing the purchase of a new piece of equipment. The cost savings from the equipment would result in an annual increase in cash flow of $202,000. The equipment will have an initial cost of $850,000 and have a 6-year life. There is no salvage value for the equipment. If the hurdle rate is 9%, what is the approximate net present value? Ignore income taxes. (Future Value of $1, Present Value of $1, Future Value Annuity of $1, Present Value Annuity of $1.) (Use appropriate factor from the PV tables. Round your final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)
Computation of net present value | ||||
i | ii | iii=i*ii | ||
year | cash flow | PVIF @ 9% | present value | |
0 | -850000 | 1.00000 | (850,000) | |
1 | 202000 | 0.91743 | 185,321 | |
2 | 202000 | 0.84168 | 170,019 | |
3 | 202000 | 0.77218 | 155,981 | |
4 | 202000 | 0.70843 | 143,102 | |
5 | 202000 | 0.64993 | 131,286 | |
6 | 202000 | 0.59627 | 120,446 | |
NPV = | 56,156 | |||
answer = | 56,156 | |||