Carlos Reyes is considering the purchase of equipment for Business Solutions that would allow the company to add a new product to its                                          computer furniture line. The equipment is expected to cost $300,000 and to have a six-year life and no salvage value. The equipment is                                          expected to generate income of $12,939 and net cash flow of $62,939 in each year of its six-year life. Santana requires an 8% return on                                          all investments.                                                                                  Required:                                         1.  Compute the payback period.  (Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)                                         2.  Compute the accounting rate of return.  (Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)                                         3.  Compute the net present value.  (Do not round your intermdediate calcluations; Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar.)                                                                                  Revelant Time Value of Money factors:                                         PV $1 (8%, 6 years):            0.6302                             PVA $1 (8%, 6 years):            4.6229                             PVAD $1 (8%, 6 years):            4.9927                             FV $1 (8%, 6 years):            1.5869                             FVA $1 (8%, 6 years):            7.3359                             FVAD $1 (8%, 6 years):            7.9228

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Carlos Reyes is considering the purchase of equipment for Business Solutions that would allow the company to add a new product to its                                         
computer furniture line. The equipment is expected to cost $300,000 and to have a six-year life and no salvage value. The equipment is                                         
expected to generate income of $12,939 and net cash flow of $62,939 in each year of its six-year life. Santana requires an 8% return on                                         
all investments.                                        
                                        
Required:                                        
1.  Compute the payback period.  (Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)                                        
2.  Compute the accounting rate of return.  (Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)                                        
3.  Compute the net present value.  (Do not round your intermdediate calcluations; Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar.)                                        
                                        
Revelant Time Value of Money factors:                                        
PV $1 (8%, 6 years):            0.6302                            
PVA $1 (8%, 6 years):            4.6229                            
PVAD $1 (8%, 6 years):            4.9927                            
FV $1 (8%, 6 years):            1.5869                            
FVA $1 (8%, 6 years):            7.3359                            
FVAD $1 (8%, 6 years):            7.9228                            
                                        
                                        
1. 4.77    years  

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3.                                  
                                         
                                         
                                        
                                          

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