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The management of Penfold Corporation is considering the purchase of a machine that would cost $300,000, would last for 5 years, and would have no salvage value. The machine would reduce labor and other costs by $70,000 per year. The company requires a minimum pretax return of 12% on all investment projects.
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The net present value of the proposed project is closest to (Ignore income taxes.)
Year | Cash flows | Present Value of 1 | Present Value of Cash flows | |
a | b | c=1.12^-a | d=b*c | |
0 | $ -3,00,000 | 1.0000 | $ -3,00,000.00 | |
1 | $ 70,000 | 0.8929 | $ 62,500.00 | |
2 | $ 70,000 | 0.7972 | $ 55,803.57 | |
3 | $ 70,000 | 0.7118 | $ 49,824.62 | |
4 | $ 70,000 | 0.6355 | $ 44,486.27 | |
5 | $ 70,000 | 0.5674 | $ 39,719.88 | |
Net Present Value | $ -47,665.67 | |||
Note: | ||||
Reduction in costs are the Cash inflow. | ||||