Essentials Of Investments
11th Edition
ISBN:9781260013924
Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Chapter1: Investments: Background And Issues
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1PS
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X-treme Vitamin Company is considering two investments, both of which cost $20,000. The cash flows are as follows:
Year | Project A | Project B | ||||
1 | $ | 23,000 | $ | 20,000 | ||
2 | 10,000 | 9,000 | ||||
3 | 10,000 | 15,000 | ||||
Use Appendix B for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods.
a-1. Calculate the payback period for Project A and Project B. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
project A 0.87 years project B 1 year
b-1. Calculate the

Transcribed Image Text:Appendix B
Appendix B Present value of $1, PVF
PV = FV
Percent
Period
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
8%
9%
10%
11%
12%
1
0.990
0.980
0.971
0.962
0.952
0.943
0.935
0.926
0.917
0.909
0.901
0.893
0.980
0.961
0.943
0.925
0.907
0.890
0.873
0.857
0.842
0.826
0.812
0.797
3
0.971
0.942
0.915
0.889
0.864
0.840
0.816
0.794
0.772
0.751
0.731
0.712
4
0.961
0.924
0.888
0.855
0.823
0.792
0.763
0.735
0.708
0.683
0.659
0.636
0.951
0.906
0.863
0.822
0.784
0.747
0.713
0.681
0.650
0.621
0.593
0.567
6.
0.942
0.888
0.837
0.790
0.746
0.705
0.666
0.630
0.596
0.564
0.535
0.507
7.
0.933
0.871
0.813
0.760
0.711
0.665
0.623
0.583
0.547
0.513
0.482
0.452
8
0.923
0.853
0.789
0.731
0.677
0.627
0.582
0.540
0.502
0.467
0.434
0.404
0.914
0.837
0.766
0.703
0.645
0.592
0.544
0.500
0.460
0.424
0.391
0.361
10
0.905
0.820
0.744
0.676
0.614
0.558
0.508
0.463
0.422
0.386
0.352
0.322
11
0.896
0.804
0.722
0.650
0.585
0.527
0.475
0.429
0.388
0.350
0.317
0.287
12
0.887
0.788
0.701
0.625
0.557
0.497
0.444
0.397
0.356
0.319
0.286
0.257
13
0.879
0.773
0.681
0.601
0.530
0.469
0.415
0.368
0.326
0.290
0.258
0.229
14
0.870
0.758
0.661
0.577
0.505
0.442
0.388
0.340
0.299
0.263
0.232
0.205
15
0.861
0.743
0.642
0.555
0.481
0.417
0.362
0.315
0.275
0.239
0.209
0.183
16
0.853
0.728
0.623
0.534
0.458
0.394
0.339
0.292
0.252
0.218
0.188
0.163
17
0.844
0.714
0.605
0.513
0.436
0.371
0.317
0.270
0.231
0.198
0.170
0.146
18
0.836
0.700
0.587
0.494
0.416
0.350
0.296
0.250
0.212
0.180
0.153
0.130
19
0.828
0.686
0.570
0.475
0.396
0.331
0.277
0.232
0.194
0.164
0.138
0.116
20
0.820
0.673
0.554
0.456
0.377
0.312
0.258
0.215
0.178
0.149
0.124
0.104
25
0.780
0.610
0.478
0.375
0.295
0.233
0.184
0.146
0.116
0.092
0.074
0.059
30
0.742
0.552
0.412
0.308
0.231
0.174
0.131
0.099
0.075
0.057
0.044
0.033
40
0.672
0.453
0.307
0.208
0.142
0.097
0.067
0.046
0.032
0.022
0.015
0.011
50
0.608
0.372
0.228
0.141
0.087
0.054
0.034
0.021
0.013
0.009
0.005
0.003
Appendix B (concluded) Present value of $1
Percent
Period
13%
14%
15%
16%
17%
18%
19%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
50%
0.885
0.877
0.870
0.862
0.855
0.847
0.840
0.833
0.800
0.769
0.741
0.714
0.667
0.783
0.769
0.756
0.743
0.731
0.718
0.706
0.694
0.640
0.592
0.549
0.510
0.444
0.693
0.675
0.658
0.641
0.624
0.609
0.593
0.579
0.512
0.455
0.406
0.364
0.296
0.613
0.592
0.572
0.552
0.534
0.515
0.499
0.482
0.410
0.350
0.301
0.260
0.198
0.543
0.519
0.497
0.476
0.456
0.437
0.419
0.402
0.328
0.269
0.223
0.186
0.132
6.
0.480
0.456
0.432
0.410
0.390
0.370
0.352
0.335
0.262
0.207
0.165
0.133
0.088
0.425
0.400
0.376
0.354
0.333
0.314
0.296
0.279
0.210
0.159
0.122
0.095
0.059
0.376
0.351
0.327
0.305
0.285
0.266
0.249
0.233
0.168
0.123
0.091
0.068
0.039
0.333
0.308
0.284
0.263
0.243
0.225
0.209
0.194
0.134
0.094
0.067
0.048
0.026
10
0.295
0.270
0.247
0.227
0.208
0.191
0.176
0.162
0.107
0.073
0.050
0.035
0.017
11
0.261
0.237
0.215
0.195
0.178
0.162
0.148
0.135
0.086
0.056
0.037
0.025
0.012
12
0.231
0.208
0.187
0.168
0.152
0.137
0.124
0.112
0.069
0.043
0.027
0.018
0.008
13
0.204
0.182
0.163
0.145
0.130
0.116
0.104
0.093
0.055
0.033
0.020
0.013
0.005
14
0.181
0.160
0.141
0.125
0.111
0.099
0.088
0.078
0.044
0.025
0.015
0.009
0.003
15
0.160
0.140
0.123
0.108
0.095
0.084
0.074
0.065
0.035
0.020
0.011
0.006
0.002
16
0.141
0.123
0.107
0.093
0.081
0.071
0.062
0.054
0.028
0.015
0.008
0.005
0.002
17
0.125
0.108
0.093
0.080
0.069
0.060
0.052
0.045
0.023
0.012
0.006
0.003
0.001
18
0.111
0.095
0.081
0.069
0.059
0.051
0.044
0.038
0.018
0.009
0.005
0.002
0.001
19
0.098
0.083
0.070
0.060
0.051
0.043
0.037
0.031
0.014
0.007
0.003
0.002
20
0.087
0.073
0.061
0.051
0.043
0.037
0.031
0.026
0.012
0.005
0.002
0.001
25
0.047
0.038
0.030
0.024
0.020
0.016
0.013
0.010
0.004
0.001
0.001
30
0.026
0.020
0.015
0.012
0.009
0.007
0.005
0.004
0.001
40
0.008
0.005
0.004
0.003
0.002
0.001
0.001
0.001
50
0.002
0.001
0.001
0.001
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