Pronghorn Company is considering two capital investment proposals. Relevant data on each project are as follows: Project Red $474,000 38,000 8 years Capital investment Annual net income Estimated useful life Project Blue 674,000 73,000 8 years Depreciation is computed by the straight-line method with no salvage value. Pronghorn requires an 8% rate of return on al 5.74664. Click here to view PV tables.
Pronghorn Company is considering two capital investment proposals. Relevant data on each project are as follows: Project Red $474,000 38,000 8 years Capital investment Annual net income Estimated useful life Project Blue 674,000 73,000 8 years Depreciation is computed by the straight-line method with no salvage value. Pronghorn requires an 8% rate of return on al 5.74664. Click here to view PV tables.
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Compute the annual rate of return for each project. (Round answers to 1 decimal place, e.g. 15.2.)
Annual rate of return
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Project Red
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Transcribed Image Text:Pronghorn Company is considering two capital investment proposals. Relevant data on each project are as follows:
Capital investment
Annual net income
Estimated useful life
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(a)
(b)
Project Red
$474,000
38,000
8 years
Depreciation is computed by the straight-line method with no salvage value. Pronghorn requires an 8% rate of return on all new investments. The present value of 1 for 8 periods at 8% is 0.54027 and the present value of an annuity of 1 for 8 periods is
5.74664.
Cash payback period
Project Blue
Net present value $
674,000
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Compute the cash payback period for each project. (Round answers to 1 decimal place, e.g. 15.2.)
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73,000
8 years
Project Red
Project Red
4.9 years
Compute the net present value for each project. (For calculation purposes, use 5 decimal places as displayed in the factor table provided. Round answers to O decimal places, e.g. 5,275.)
Project Blue
$
4.3
Project Blue
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