2. You are thinking about starting a restaurant franchise in Irvine, California. You are considering two choices – either a P.F. Chang’s or a Dairy Queen. Unfortunately, you only have an opportunity to build one or the other. The details are the following:    P.F. Chang’s: The franchise fee and cost of the building are $1,000,000. After careful calculation, you believe the restaurant will generate $150,000 a year in positive cash flow for the next 20 years at which point the franchise rights expire and the building is worthless (ie. There’s no extra money at the end). Discount rate is 10%.    Dairy Queen: The franchise fee and cost of the building are $500,000. After careful calculation, you believe the restaurant will generate $80,000 a year in positive cash flow for the next 20 years at which point the franchise rights expire and the building is worthless (ie. There’s no extra money at the end). Discount rate is 10%.   a) What are the two projects’ IRRs and which franchise would you start if you were using the IRR method?    b) What are the payback periods for the two projects, and which one would you pick if you were using the payback method?

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2. You are thinking about starting a restaurant franchise in Irvine, California. You are considering two choices – either a P.F. Chang’s or a Dairy Queen. Unfortunately, you only have an opportunity to build one or the other. The details are the following: 

 

P.F. Chang’s: The franchise fee and cost of the building are $1,000,000. After careful calculation, you believe the restaurant will generate $150,000 a year in positive cash flow for the next 20 years at which point the franchise rights expire and the building is worthless (ie. There’s no extra money at the end). Discount rate is 10%. 

 

Dairy Queen: The franchise fee and cost of the building are $500,000. After careful calculation, you believe the restaurant will generate $80,000 a year in positive cash flow for the next 20 years at which point the franchise rights expire and the building is worthless (ie. There’s no extra money at the end). Discount rate is 10%.

 

a) What are the two projects’ IRRs and which franchise would you start if you were using the IRR method? 

 

b) What are the payback periods for the two projects, and which one would you pick if you were using the payback method?

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