9.Consider the following two mutually exclusive projects:
Annual
cash flows:
Year
0 $(364,000) $(52,000)
Year
1 $ 46,000 $ 25,000
Year
2 $ 68,000 $ 22,000
Year
3 $ 68,000 $ 21,500
Year
4 $ 458,000 $ 17,500
Whichever project you choose, if any, you require a 15 percent
return on your investment.
a. If
you apply the payback criterion, which investment will you choose?
Why?
b. If
you apply the discounted payback criterion, which investment will
you choose? Why?
c. If
you apply the NPV criterion, which investment will you choose?
Why?
d. If
you apply the IRR criterion, which investment will you choose?
Why?
e. If
you apply the profitability index criterion, which investment will
you choose? Why?
f.
Based on your answers in (a) through (e), which project will you
finally choose? Why?