You are a financial analyst for a division of General Motors. Your division is considering two investment projects to increase the use of robotics in automotive assembly, each of which requires an up-front expenditure of $25 million. You estimate that the cost of capital is 10% and that the investments will produce the following after-tax cash flows (in millions of dollars):   Year     Project A          Project B 1                   $5                       $20 2                   10                        10 3                   15                         8 4                   20                        6             a. What is the regular payback period for each of these projects?             b. What is the discounted payback period for each of these projects? c. If the two projects are independent and the cost of capital is 10%, using NPV and IRR which project(s) should GM undertake?

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  1. You are a financial analyst for a division of General Motors. Your division is considering two investment projects to increase the use of robotics in automotive assembly, each of which requires an up-front expenditure of $25 million. You estimate that the cost of capital is 10% and that the investments will produce the following after-tax cash flows (in millions of dollars):

 

Year     Project A          Project B

1                   $5                       $20

2                   10                        10

3                   15                         8

4                   20                        6

            a. What is the regular payback period for each of these projects?

            b. What is the discounted payback period for each of these projects?

c. If the two projects are independent and the cost of capital is 10%, using NPV and IRR which project(s) should GM undertake?

d. If the two projects are mutually exclusive and the cost of capital is 5%, using NPV which project should GM undertake?

e. If the two projects are mutually exclusive and the cost of capital is 15%, using NPV which project should GM undertake?

f. What is the crossover rate?

g. If the cost of capital and reinvestment rate is 10%, what is the modified IRR (MIRR) of the project?

 
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