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Transcribed Image Text:Flounder Manufacturing Company is considering three new projects, each requiring an equipment investment of $23,800. Each
project will last for 3 years and produce the following cash flows.
Year
1
2
3
Total
(a)
AA
BB
$7,600 $10,300 $11,600
10,300
10,600
10,300
9,600
15,600
$32,800
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The salvage value for each of the projects is zero. Flounder uses straight-line depreciation. Flounder will not accept any project with a
payback period over 2.2 years. Flounder's minimum required rate of return is 12%.
Payback
period
(b)
Your answer is correct.
Compute each project's payback period. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 52.75.)
Most desirable
$30,900 $31,800
Least desirable
CC
Indicating the most desirable project and the least desirable project using this method.
Project CC
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9,600
Project AA
Most desirable
Net present value $
Least desirable
AA
2.42 years
AA
BB
Compute the net present value of each project. (Use the above table.) (Round factor values to 5 decimal places, e.g. 1.25124 and final
answers to O decimal places, e.g. 5,275.)
$
2.31 years
BB
Indicating the most desirable project and the least desirable project using this method.
$
CC
CC
2.17 years
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