Giant Machinery Ltd is considering to invest in one of the two following Projects to buy a new equipment. Each project will last 5 years and have no salvage value at the end. The company’s required rate of return for all investment projects is 9%. The cash flows of the projects are provided below.    Project 1 Project 2 Cost $175,000 $185,000 Future Cash Flows Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5  76,000 83,000 67,000 65,000 55,000  87,000 78,000 69,000 65,000 57,000   Required: a) Identify which project should the company accept based on NPV method. (4 marks) (Note: Please round up the result of each calculation of PV to 2 decimal places only for simplification)  b) Identify which project should the company accept based on simple pay back method if the payback criteria is maximum 2 years. (4 marks) c) Which project Giant Machinery should choose if two methods are in conflict. (2 marks)

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Giant Machinery Ltd is considering to invest in one of the two following Projects to buy a new equipment. Each project will last 5 years and have no salvage value at the end. The company’s required rate of return for all investment projects is 9%. The cash flows of the projects are provided below.
 
 Project 1 Project 2 Cost $175,000 $185,000 Future Cash Flows Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
 76,000 83,000 67,000 65,000 55,000
 87,000 78,000 69,000 65,000 57,000
 
Required: a) Identify which project should the company accept based on NPV method. (4 marks) (Note: Please round up the result of each calculation of PV to 2 decimal places only for simplification)  b) Identify which project should the company accept based on simple pay back method if the payback criteria is maximum 2 years. (4 marks) c) Which project Giant Machinery should choose if two methods are in conflict. (2 marks)
 

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