Agdist Corporation distributes agriculturalequipment. The board of directors is consideringa proposal to establish a facility to manufacture anelectronically controlled “intelligent” crop sprayerinvented by a professor at a local university. Thiscrop sprayer project would require an investment of$10 million in assets and would produce an annualafter-tax net benefit of $1.8 million over a servicelife of eight years. All costs and benefits are includedin these figures. When the project terminates, thenet proceeds from the sale of the assets will be$1 million. Compute the rate of return of this project.Is this a good project at MARR = 10%?

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Agdist Corporation distributes agricultural
equipment. The board of directors is considering
a proposal to establish a facility to manufacture an
electronically controlled “intelligent” crop sprayer
invented by a professor at a local university. This
crop sprayer project would require an investment of
$10 million in assets and would produce an annual
after-tax net benefit of $1.8 million over a service
life of eight years. All costs and benefits are included
in these figures. When the project terminates, the
net proceeds from the sale of the assets will be
$1 million. Compute the rate of return of this project.
Is this a good project at MARR = 10%?

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