Cardinal Company is considering a project that would require a $2,725,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years. At the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would be sold for its salvage value of $400,000. The companys discount rate is 14%. The project would provide net operating income each year as follows:

Sales

$

2,867,000

Variable expenses

1,125,000

Contribution margin

1,742,000

Fixed expenses:

Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs

$

706,000

Depreciation

465,000

Total fixed expenses

1,171,000

Net operating income

$

571,000

10.

If the equipments salvage value was $600,000 instead of $400,000, would you expect the projects payback period to be higher than, lower than, or the same?

11.

If the equipments salvage value was $600,000 instead of $400,000, would you expect the project's net present value to be higher than, lower than, or the same?

12.	If the equipments salvage value was $600,000 instead of $400,000, what would be the projects simple rate of return? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. (i.e 0.1234 should be entered as 12.34.))