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Lakeside Inc. is considering replacing old production equipment with state-of-the-art technology that will allow production cost savings of $10,000 per month. The new equipment will have a five-year life and cost $420,000, with an estimated salvage value of $30,000. Lakeside’s cost of capital is 10%. Table 6-4 and Table 6-5. (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided. Round the PV factors to 4 decimals.)
Required:
Calculate the net present value of the new production
equipment.
| Initial Investment | $ 420,000 | ||
| Annual Saving | $ 120,000 | =10000*12 | |
| Salvage Value | $30,000 | ||
| Year | Annual Saving | PV Factor @10% | Present value $ |
| & Salvage value | |||
| 1 | 120,000 | 0.9091 | 109,092 |
| 2 | 120,000 | 0.8264 | 99,168 |
| 3 | 120,000 | 0.7513 | 90,156 |
| 4 | 120,000 | 0.6830 | 81,960 |
| 5 | 120,000 | 0.6209 | 74,508 |
| 5 | 30,000 | 0.6209 | 18,627 |
| Total | 630,000 | 473,511 | |
| Net Present Value | $ 53,511 | =473511-420000 | |