Eisner Company has an opportunity to manufacture and sell a new product for a five-year period. The
Question:
Eisner Company has an opportunity to manufacture and sell a new product for a five-year period. The company estimated the following costs and revenues for the new product:
Cost of new equipment | $ | 420,000 | |
Initial working capital required | $ | 130,000 | |
Overhaul of the equipment after three years | $ | 50,000 | |
Salvage value of the equipment after five years | $ | 30,000 | |
Annual revenues and costs:
Sales | $ | 850,000 | |
Variable expenses | $ | 500,000 | |
Fixed out-of-pocket operating costs | $ | 192,000 | |
When the project concludes in five years the working capital will be released for investment elsewhere in the company.
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Excel Analytics 14-1 (Algo) Part 1
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1. One method for computing the internal rate of return relies on computing the factor of the internal rate of return as shown below:
Factor of the internal rate of return | = | Investment required |
Annual net cash inflow |
Can this equation be used to calculate the internal rate of return for Eisner Company? Why?
Managerial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0077522940
15th edition
Authors: Ray Garrison, Eric Noreen, Peter Brewer