Whichever project you choose, if any, you require a return of 14 percent on your investment. a-1 What is the payback period for each project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a-2 If you apply the payback criterion, which investment will you choose? Project A Project B b-1 What is the discounted payback period for each project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b-2 If you apply the discounted payback criterion, which investment will you choose? Project A Project B c-1 What is the NPV for each project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) c-2 If you apply the NPV criterion, which investment will you choose? Project A Project B d-1 What is the IRR for each project? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) d-2 If you apply the IRR criterion, which investment will you choose? Project A Project B e-1 What is the profitability index for each project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 3 decimal places, e.g., 32.161.) e-2 If you apply the profitability index criterion, which investment will you choose? Project A Project B f. Based on your answers in (a) through (e), which project will you finally choose?

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Consider the following two mutually exclusive projects:

  

Year Cash Flow
(A)
  Cash Flow
(B)
0 –$ 342,000     –$ 50,500  
1   53,000       24,800  
2   73,000       22,800  
3   73,000       20,300  
4   448,000       15,400  
 

  

Whichever project you choose, if any, you require a return of 14 percent on your investment.

  

a-1

What is the payback period for each project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

  

 

  

a-2 If you apply the payback criterion, which investment will you choose?
   
 
  • Project A
  • Project B

  

b-1

What is the discounted payback period for each project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

  

 

  

b-2 If you apply the discounted payback criterion, which investment will you choose?
   
 
  • Project A
  • Project B

  

c-1

What is the NPV for each project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

  

 

  

c-2 If you apply the NPV criterion, which investment will you choose?
   
 
  • Project A
  • Project B

  

d-1

What is the IRR for each project? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

  

 

  

d-2 If you apply the IRR criterion, which investment will you choose?
   
 
  • Project A
  • Project B

   

 

e-1

What is the profitability index for each project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 3 decimal places, e.g., 32.161.)

 

 

  

e-2 If you apply the profitability index criterion, which investment will you choose?
   
 
  • Project A
  • Project B
   
f. Based on your answers in (a) through (e), which project will you finally choose?
   
 
 
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