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costs 140000
net cash inflows 35000
payback period desired 5
Answer: the payback period of 4 years is less than the 5 years desired. So it worth the deal.
Project X Project Y
initial invesment $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00
year 1 cash inflow $ 60,000.00 $ 60,000.00
year 2 cash inflow $ 40,000.00 $ 35,000.00
year 3 cash inflow $ - $ 25,000.00
Payback period = last period with a negative cumulative cash flow + (absolute value of cumulative cashflow at the period/c
absolute value of
cumulative cash
flows at that period $ -40,000.00 40000
cash flow after that
period $ 40,000.00
absolute value of
cumulative cash
flows at that period $ -5,000.00 5000
cash flow after that
period $ 25,000.00
vending machine can be sold for $ 5,000.00 vending machine can be sold for
2,5 is less than the 3 years payback desired, so is acceptable 2,5 is less than the 3 years payback desired
product a product b
$ 250,000.00 sales $ 350,000.00
$ 120,000.00 variable expenses $ 170,000.00
$ 130,000.00 contr margin $ 180,000.00
fixed expenses:
salaries
$ 34,000.00 depreciation $ 76,000.00
$ 70,000.00 fixed out of pocket $ 50,000.00
$ 104,000.00 Total fixed expenses $ 126,000.00
$ 26,000.00 Net Operating income $ 54,000.00
cost of new
$ 170,000.00 equipment $ 380,000.00
vending machine can
an be sold for be sold for
payback period
5 desired 5
1st step
Net Operating
$ 26,000.00 income $ 54,000.00
noncash deduction
$ 34,000.00 for depreciation $ 76,000.00
Annual net cash
$ 60,000.00 inflow $ 130,000.00
2nd step
cost of new
$ 170,000.00 equipment $ 380,000.00
salvage value of old
$ - equipment $ -
3rd step
payback period = number of years up to the year in which the investment is paid off + (unrecovered investment at the beg
If the Net Present Value is positive or zero, then the project is acceptable because its return is greater orequal than the require
er orequal than the required rate of return
initial investment 3170
no salvage value
increase net cash inflows 1000 per year
years 4
discount factor 10% 0.1
years
now 1 to 4
initial investment $ -3,170.00
annual cost savings $ 1,000.00
total cash flows (a) $ -3,170.00 $ 1,000.00
discount factor (10%) (b) 1 3.170
present value of the cash flow (a*b) $ -3,170.00 $ 3,170
Net present value (SUM above) $ -0
the project has exactly 10% return as the net present value is zero
$ 250,000.00
$ -120,000.00
$ -70,000.00
$ -
$ -
$ 60,000.00
$ 0.519
$ 31,162.12
cost of equipment $ 16,950.00
period-line of use 10 years
salvage value $ -
labor savings $ 3,000.00 per year
Factor of the internal rate of return = investment required/annual net cash inflow
50000