Lon Timur is an accounting major at a midwestern state university located approx

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Lon Timur is an accounting major at a midwestern state university located approximately 60 miles from a major city. Many of the students attending the university are from the metropolitan area and visit their homes regularly on the weekends. Lon, an entrepreneur at heart, realizes that few good commuting alternatives are available for students doing weekend travel. He believes that a weekend commuting service could be organized and run profitably from several suburban and downtown shopping mall locations. Lon has gathered the following investment information.

1. Five used vans would cost a total of $75,000 to purchase and would have a 3-year useful life with negligible salvage value. Lon plans to use straight-line depreciation.

2. Ten drivers would have to be employed at a total payroll expense of $48,000.

3. Other annual out-of-pocket expenses associated with running the commuter service would include Gasoline $16,000, Maintenance $3,300, Repairs $4,000, Insurance $4,200, and Advertising $2,500.

4. Lon has visited several financial institutions to discuss funding. The best interest rate he has been able to negotiate is 15%. Use this rate for cost of capital.

5. Lon expects each van to make ten round trips weekly and carry an average of six students each trip. The service is expected to operate 30 weeks each year, and each student will be charged $12.00 for a round-trip ticket.

(a) Determine the annual

(1) net income and

(2) net annual cash flows for the commuter service. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125.)

Net income: $

Net annual cash flows :$

(b) Compute (1) the cash payback period and (2) the annual rate of return. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 10.50.)

Cash payback period in years:

Annual rate of return % :

(c) Compute the net present value of the commuter service. (Round answer to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125. If the net present value is negative, use either a negative sign preceding the number eg -45 or parentheses eg (45). For calculation purposes, use 5 decimal places as displayed in the factor table provided.) Net present value:

Explanation / Answer

Ans A Calculation of Net Income Revenue (5 vans*10 trips per week*30 weeks*$12*6 students) 108000 Less: Operating Cost Driver Salary 48000 Gasoline 16000 Maintenance 3300 Repairs 4000 Insurance 4200 Advertising 2500 Depreciation (75000/3) 25000 Total operating cost 103000 103000 Net Income 5000 $ ans Annual cash Flow Net Income $5,000 Add: Depreciation 25000 Annual cash Flow $30,000 Ans b Cash Payback period Initial Investment/Net cash inflow 75000/30000 2.5 years ARR= 5000/75000*100 6.67 % Ans c Year Cash flow Dis fact @15% Discounted cash Flow 0 -75000 1 -75000 1 30000 0.86957 26086.957 2 30000 0.75614 22684.31 3 30000 0.65752 19725.487 NPV -6503 Ans

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