Survey Of Accounting
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Chapter 16, Problem 19P
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Dwight Donovan, the president of Donovan Enterprises, is considering two investment opportunities. Because of limited resources, he will be able to invest in only one of them. Project A is to purchase a machine that will enable factory automation; the machine is expected to have a useful life of four years and no salvage value. Project B supports a training program that will improve the skills of employees operating the current equipment. Initial cash expenditures for Project A are $400,000 and for Project B are $160,000. The annual expected
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- a. Compute the net present value of each project. Which project should be adopted based on the net present value approach? Round your computations to two decimal points.
- b. Compute the approximate internal rate of return of each project. Which one should be adopted based on the internal rate of return approach? Round your rates to six decimal points.
- c. Compare the net present value approach with the internal rate of return approach. Which method is better in the given circumstances? Why?
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Problem 10-19A Using net present value and internal rate of return to evaluate investment opportunities
Dwight Donovan, the president of Donovan Enterprises, is considering two investment opportunities. Because of limited resources, he will be able to invest in only one of them. Project A is to purchase a machine that will enable factory automation; the machine is expected to have a useful life of four years and no salvage value. Project B supports a training program that will improve the skills of employeesPage 472 operating the current equipment. Initial cash expenditures for Project A are $400,000 and for Project B are $160,000. The annual expected cash inflows are $126,000 for Project A and $52,800 for Project B. Both investments are expected to provide cash flow benefits for the next four years. Donovan Enterprises’ desired rate of return is 8 percent.
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Problem 10-16B Using present value techniques to evaluate alternative investment
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1,000,000 units can be sold if the price is no more than $5. If Maize
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$2,000,000 in new production equipment. Maize Water requires a
minimum rate of return of 20% on all investments. Determine the
target cost per unit for the filter. (Round answer to 2 decimal places,
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