Vaughn was presented with a second capital investment that provided similar production facilities as the first one. This investment cost $405,000, has a useful life of 7 years with a salvage value of $14,000. Depreciation is by the straight-line method. During the life of the investment, annual net income and net annual cash flows are expected to be $26,397 and $81,000 respectively. Vaughn's 7% cost of capital is also the required rate of return on the investment. Compute the cash payback period. (Round answer to O decimal places, e.g. 25.) Cash payback period years
Vaughn was presented with a second capital investment that provided similar production facilities as the first one. This investment cost $405,000, has a useful life of 7 years with a salvage value of $14,000. Depreciation is by the straight-line method. During the life of the investment, annual net income and net annual cash flows are expected to be $26,397 and $81,000 respectively. Vaughn's 7% cost of capital is also the required rate of return on the investment. Compute the cash payback period. (Round answer to O decimal places, e.g. 25.) Cash payback period years
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Transcribed Image Text:Vaughn was presented with a second capital investment that provided similar production facilities as the first one. This
investment cost $405,000, has a useful life of 7 years with a salvage value of $14,000. Depreciation is by the straight-line method.
During the life of the investment, annual net income and net annual cash flows are expected to be $26,397 and $81,000
respectively. Vaughn's 7% cost of capital is also the required rate of return on the investment.
Compute the cash payback period. (Round answer to O decimal places, e.g. 25.)
Cash payback period
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Transcribed Image Text:Vaughn Company is considering a capital investment of $378,400 in additional productive facilities. The new machinery is expected to
have a useful life of 6 years with no salvage value. Depreciation is by the straight-line method. During the life of the investment, annual
net income and net annual cash flows are expected to be $18,920 and $86,000, respectively. Vaughn has an 7% cost of capital rate,
which is the required rate of return on the investment.
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Compute the cash payback period. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 2.25.)
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Cash payback period
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Annual rate of return
Compute the annual rate of return on the proposed capital expenditure. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 2.25%.)
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Net present value $
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Using the discounted cash flow technique, compute the net present value. (Round present value factor calculations to 5 decimal
places, e.g. 1.25124 and the final answer to 2 decimal places e.g. 589.71.)
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