Question: A cookie bakery is thinking of buying hybrid electric vehicles which allow them to deliver fresh hot cookies which cost $40,000. The vehicles are expected to save the company money in gas and earn an extra profit totaling $11,000 per year for 6 years. After that, the cars will need to be replaced. Their current cost of capital is 6.5%. What is the profitability index of this project? a. 1.65 b. 13.25 c. 3.64 d. 1.33 e. None of these
Question: A cookie bakery is thinking of buying hybrid electric vehicles which allow them to deliver fresh hot cookies which cost $40,000. The vehicles are expected to save the company money in gas and earn an extra profit totaling $11,000 per year for 6 years. After that, the cars will need to be replaced. Their current cost of capital is 6.5%. What is the profitability index of this project? a. 1.65 b. 13.25 c. 3.64 d. 1.33 e. None of these
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A cookie bakery is thinking of buying hybrid electric vehicles which
allow them to deliver fresh hot cookies which cost $40,000. The
vehicles are expected to save the company money in gas and earn an
extra profit totaling $11,000 per year for 6 years. After that, the cars
will need to be replaced. Their current cost of capital is 6.5%. What is
the profitability index of this project?
a. 1.65
b. 13.25
c. 3.64
d. 1.33
e. None of these](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F6a1ca705-3af7-4018-8de4-84a482dab38c%2F82ad14dc-03b5-4f54-acad-4ee035ab3b3a%2F1adh8am_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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A cookie bakery is thinking of buying hybrid electric vehicles which
allow them to deliver fresh hot cookies which cost $40,000. The
vehicles are expected to save the company money in gas and earn an
extra profit totaling $11,000 per year for 6 years. After that, the cars
will need to be replaced. Their current cost of capital is 6.5%. What is
the profitability index of this project?
a. 1.65
b. 13.25
c. 3.64
d. 1.33
e. None of these
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