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PA11-1 Calculating Accounting Rate of Return, Payback Period, Net Present Value, Estimating Internal Rate of Return [LO 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4]
Balloons By Sunset (BBS) is considering the purchase of two new
hot air balloons so that it can expand its desert sunset tours.
Various information about the proposed investment
follows:
Initial investment (for two hot air balloons) | $ | 529,000 | |||||
Useful life | 9 | years | |||||
Salvage value | $ | 43,000 | |||||
Annual net income generated | 48,139 | ||||||
BBS’s cost of capital | 9 | % | |||||
Assume straight line depreciation method is used.
Required:
Help BBS evaluate this project by calculating each of the
following:
1. Accounting rate of return. (Round your
answer to 1 decimal place.)
2. Payback period. (Round your answer to 2
decimal places.)
3. Net present value (NPV). (Future Value of $1,
Present Value of $1, Future Value Annuity of $1, Present Value
Annuity of $1.) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables
provided. Do not round intermediate calculations. Negative amount
should be indicated by a minus sign. Round the final answer to
nearest whole dollar.)
4. Recalculate the NPV assuming BBS's cost of
capital is 12 percent. (Future Value of $1, Present Value of $1,
Future Value Annuity of $1, Present Value Annuity of $1.)
(Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided. Do not
round intermediate calculations. Negative amount should be
indicated by a minus sign. Round the final answer to nearest whole
dollar.)