Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance
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ISBN: 9781259918940
Author: Ross, Stephen A.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 5, Problem 9QAP

a.

Summary Introduction

Adequate information:

The initial cost = I

Required return = r

Annual cash flow = C

Number of years = N.

To compute: The annual cash flow for which the payback period is equal to the life of the project.

Introduction: The payback period is the minimum period of time in which an initial investment of the project is recovered from the net cash inflows that it generates.

b.

Summary Introduction

Adequate information:

Initial cost = I

Required return = r

Annual cash flow = C

Number of years = N.

To compute: The value at which the company will have a positive NPV.

Introduction: Net present value is defined as the summation of the present value of cash inflows in each period minus the summation of the present value of cash outflow.

c.

Summary Introduction

Adequate information:

Initial cost = I

Required return = r

Annual cash flow = C

Number of years = N.

To compute: The annual cash flow when the benefit-cost ratio is 2.

Introduction: The benefit-cost ratio or the profitability index is defined as the ratio between the present worth of future cash inflows of a particular investment and the initial cost of the investment.

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