The profitability index (PI) is a capital budgeting tool that is defined as the present value of a project's cash inflows divided by the absolute value of its initial cash outflow. Consider this case: Purple Whale Foodstuffs Inc. is considering investing $2,750,000 in a project that is expected to generate the following net cash flows: Year Year 1 Cash Flow $375,000 Year 2 $425,000 Year 3 $450,000 $500,000 Year 4 Purple Whale Foodstuffs Inc. uses a WACC of 10% when evaluating proposed capital budgeting projects. Based on these cash flows, determine this project's PI (rounded to four decimal places): ○ 0.4988 ○ 0.5237 0.5487 ○ 0.5736 Purple Whale Foodstuffs Inc.'s decision to accept or reject this project is independent of its decisions on other projects. Based on the project's PI, the firm should the project.

The profitability index (PI) is a capital budgeting tool that is defined as the present value of a project's cash inflows divided by the absolute value of its initial cash outflow. Consider this case: Purple Whale Foodstuffs Inc. is considering investing $2,750,000 in a project that is expected to generate the following net cash flows: Year Year 1 Cash Flow $375,000 Year 2 $425,000 Year 3 $450,000 $500,000 Year 4 Purple Whale Foodstuffs Inc. uses a WACC of 10% when evaluating proposed capital budgeting projects. Based on these cash flows, determine this project's PI (rounded to four decimal places): ○ 0.4988 ○ 0.5237 0.5487 ○ 0.5736 Purple Whale Foodstuffs Inc.'s decision to accept or reject this project is independent of its decisions on other projects. Based on the project's PI, the firm should the project.

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