Chapter 11, Problem 20SP

(Risk-adjusted discount rates and risk classes) The G. Wolfe Corporation is examining two capital-budgeting projects with 5-year lives. The first, project A, is a replacement project; the second, project B, is a project unrelated to current operations. The G. Wolfe Corporation uses the risk-adjusted discount rate method and groups projects according to purpose, and then it uses a required rate of return or discount rate that has been preassigned to that purpose or risk class. The expected cash flows for these projects are given here:

The purpose/risk classes and preassigned required rates of return are as follows:

Determine each project’s risk-adjusted net present value.