33. Growing Annuity Southern California Publishing Company is trying to decide whether or not torevise its popular textbook Financial Psychoanalysis Made Simple. It has estimated that the revisionwill cost $155,000. Cash flows from increased sales will be $43,000 the first year. These cash flowswill increase by 5.5 percent per year. The book will go out of print five years from now. Assume thatthe initial cost is paid now and revenues are received at the end of each year, If the company requiresa return of 11 percent for such an investment, should it undertake the revision?

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33. Growing Annuity Southern California Publishing Company is trying to decide whether or not to
revise its popular textbook Financial Psychoanalysis Made Simple. It has estimated that the revision
will cost $155,000. Cash flows from increased sales will be $43,000 the first year. These cash flows
will increase by 5.5 percent per year. The book will go out of print five years from now. Assume that
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a return of 11 percent for such an investment, should it undertake the revision?

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