Week 7 Giant Machinery Ltd is considering to invest in one of the two following Projects to
Question:
Week 7
Giant Machinery Ltd is considering to invest in one of the two following Projects to buy a new equipment. Each project 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.
Project 1 Project 2 Cost $175,000 $185,000
Required:
a) Identify which project should the company accept based on NPV method. (4 marks) (Note: Please
round up the result of each calculation of PV to 2 decimal places only for simplification)
b) Identify which project should the company accept based on simple pay back method if the payback criteria is maximum 2 years. (4 marks)
c) Which project Giant Machinery should choose if two methods are in conflict. (2 marks