Casey Nelson is a divisional manager for Pigeon Company. His annual pay raises are largely determined...

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Casey Nelson is a divisional manager for Pigeon Company. His annual pay raises are largely determined by his division's return on investment (ROI), which has been above 23% each of the last three years. Casey is considering a capital budgeting project that wo require a $4,000,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. Pigeon Company's discount ra 19%. The project would provide net operating income each year for five years as follows: Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: pocket costs $ 3,900,000 1,800,000 2,100,000 Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of- Depreciation $ 750,000 800,000 Total fixed expenses 1,550,000 $ 550,000 Net operating income Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables. Required: 1. What is the project's net present value? 2. What is the project's internal rate of return to the nearest whole percent? 3. What is the project's simple rate of return? 4-a. Would the company want Casey to pursue this investment opportunity? 4-b. Would Casey be inclined to pursue this investment opportunity? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1 Req 2 Req 3 Req 4A Req 4B Casey Nelson is a divisional manager for Pigeon Company. His annual pay raises are largely determined by his division's return on investment (ROI), which has been above 23% each of the last three years. Casey is considering a capital budgeting project that wo require a $4,000,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. Pigeon Company's discount ra 19%. The project would provide net operating income each year for five years as follows: Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: pocket costs $ 3,900,000 1,800,000 2,100,000 Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of- Depreciation $ 750,000 800,000 Total fixed expenses 1,550,000 $ 550,000 Net operating income Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables. Required: 1. What is the project's net present value? 2. What is the project's internal rate of return to the nearest whole percent? 3. What is the project's simple rate of return? 4-a. Would the company want Casey to pursue this investment opportunity? 4-b. Would Casey be inclined to pursue this investment opportunity? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1 Req 2 Req 3 Req 4A Req 4B