Darlington Limited is considering implementing a new online employee recognition system that will allow employees to recognize theirpeers for "going above and beyond" in helping the company achieve its goals. Employees who receive recognition from their peersusing the new system will be eligible for small financial rewards. The new system has an up-front cost of $50,000 with the recognitionawards expected to cost about $5,000 per year. The consulting firm that will help implement the new system has told management atDarlington Limited that it will likely generate significant cost savings vis-a-vis reduced turnover as the result of more engagedemployees. Management plans to use the new system for a trial period of 5 years.Required:Ignore income taxes.What annual cost savings related to reduced employee turnover will Darlington Limited need to achieve to generate an internal rate ofreturn of 10% on the new system? (Hint: Use Microsoft Excel to calculate the discount factor(s).)Annual cost savings

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