Uncertain Future Cash Flows Jannsen Limited is investigating the purchase of solar panels that would save $100,000 each year in electricity costs. This solar panels cost $750,000 and i expected to have a 10-year useful life with no salvage value. The company requires a minimum 15% rate of return on all equipment purchases. This equipment would provide intangible benefits (such as greater flexibility and higher-quality output) that are difficult to estimate and yet are quite significant. Required: (Ignore income taxes.) What dollar value per year would the intangible benefits have to be worth in ord to make the solar panels an acceptable investment?
Uncertain Future Cash Flows Jannsen Limited is investigating the purchase of solar panels that would save $100,000 each year in electricity costs. This solar panels cost $750,000 and i expected to have a 10-year useful life with no salvage value. The company requires a minimum 15% rate of return on all equipment purchases. This equipment would provide intangible benefits (such as greater flexibility and higher-quality output) that are difficult to estimate and yet are quite significant. Required: (Ignore income taxes.) What dollar value per year would the intangible benefits have to be worth in ord to make the solar panels an acceptable investment?
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Uncertain Future Cash Flows
Jannsen Limited is investigating the purchase of solar panels that would save
$100,000 each year in electricity costs. This solar panels cost $750,000 and is
expected to have a 10-year useful life with no salvage value. The company
requires a minimum 15% rate of return on all equipment purchases. This
equipment would provide intangible benefits (such as greater flexibility and
higher-quality output) that are difficult to estimate and yet are quite significant.
Required:
(Ignore income taxes.)
What dollar value per year would the intangible benefits have to be worth in order
to make the solar panels an acceptable investment?

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Preference Ranking
Information on four investment proposals is given below:
Investment required
$(85,000)
Present value of cash flows 119,000
$34,000
5 years
Net present value
Life of the project
A
QUESTION 5
Payback Method
I
B
Investment Proposal
C
D
$(200,000) $(90,000)
250,000
135,000
$50,000
$45,000
7 years
6 years
$(170,000)
221,000
$51,000
6 years
Required:
1. Compute the project profitability index for each investment proposal.
2. Rank the proposals in terms of preference.
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