New Age Ltd is considering investing in one of the two following projects to buy a new
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New Age Ltd is considering investing in one of the two following projects to buy a new assembly line. Each option will last 5 years and have no salvage value at the end. The company’s required rate of return for all investment projects is 9%. The cash flows of the projects are provided below.
Assembly Line 1 | Assembly Line 2 | |
Cost | $386,000 | $425,000 |
Future Cash Flows Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 | 136 000 213 000 283 000 215 000 175 000 | 197 000 184 000 186 000 265 000 263 000 |
Required:
- Identify which option of the assembly line the company should accept based on the NPV method(Note: Please round up the result of each calculation of PV to 2 decimal places only for simplification)
- Identify which option of the assembly line the company should accept based on the Profitability Index method
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Cornerstones of Financial and Managerial Accounting
ISBN: 978-1111879044
2nd edition
Authors: Rich, Jeff Jones, Dan Heitger, Maryanne Mowen, Don Hansen
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