Chapter 10, Problem 10.15P

Summary Introduction

To determine:

Should the firm offer warranty for sale.

Introduction:

Internal Rate of Return is a measure used in the capital budgeting which estimates the profitability of potential investments. IRR is computed as a discount rate that makes the net present value of all cash flows from an investment as zero. The difference between the present value of cash inflows and the present value of cash outflows over a period of time is known as the Net Present value.

$\begin{array}{c}NPV=\frac{{\text{CF}}_1}{{\left(\text{1}+r\right)}^1}+\frac{{\text{CF}}_2}{{\left(1+r\right)}^2}+\frac{{\text{CF}}_3}{{\left(1+r\right)}^3}+\frac{{\text{CF}}_4}{{\left(1+r\right)}^4}-I0\\ \end{array}$