. (Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Murdock Company has a chance to make an

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. (Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Murdock Company has a chance to make and sell a new plastic five-gallon container. The company estimates that the net cash flows (sales less cash operating expenses) arising from manufacture and sale of the new container would be as follows (numbers in parentheses indicate an outflow): Years 1-10 $ 85,000 Year 11 $(20,000) Year 12 $ 95,000 Murdock would need to purchase production equipment costing $200,000 now to use in the manufacture of the new containers. This equipment would have a 12-year life and a $20,000 salvage value. Murdock Company's required rate of return is 12%. The net present value of all cash flows associated with this investment (rounded to the nearest thousand dollars) is?

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The payback period on this investment is (rounded to the nearest tenth of a year): 200,000 / 85000 . 2.4 years The net present value of all cash flows associated with this investment (rounded to the nearest thousand dollar) is: $304,000

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