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You have the opportunity to make an investment that costs $900,000. If you make this investment now, you will receive $100,000 one year from today, $250,000 and $800,000 two and three years from today, respectively. The appropriate discount rate is 12%. Should you make the investment?
Statement showing Cash flows | ||||
Particulars | Time | PVf 12% | Amount | PV |
Cash Outflows | - | 1.00 | (900,000.00) | (900,000.00) |
PV of Cash outflows = PVCO | (900,000.00) | |||
Cash inflows | 1.00 | 0.8929 | 100,000.00 | 89,285.71 |
Cash inflows | 2.00 | 0.7972 | 250,000.00 | 199,298.47 |
Cash inflows | 3.00 | 0.7118 | 800,000.00 | 569,424.20 |
PV of Cash Inflows =PVCI | 858,008.38 | |||
NPV= PVCI - PVCO | (41,991.62) | |||
No since NPV is negative |