Perez Company is considering investing in two new vans that are expected to gene

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Perez Company is considering investing in two new vans that are expected to generate combined cash inflows of $31,500 per year. The vans’ combined purchase price is $98,000. The expected life and salvage value of each are six years and $20,900, respectively. Perez has an average cost of capital of 14 percent. (PV of $1 and PVA of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)

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Calculate the net present value of the investment opportunity. (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places.)

TABLE 1 PRESENT VALUE OF $1 4% 5% 6% 1% 8% 9% 10% 12% 14% 16% 20% 1 0.961538 0.952381 0.943396 0.934579 0.925926 0.917431 0.909091 0.892857 0.877193 0.862069 0.833333 2 0.924556 0.907029 0.889996 0.873439 0.857339 0.841680 0.826446 0.797194 0.769468 0.743163 0.694444 3 0.888996 0.863838 0.839619 0.816298 0.793832 0.772183 0.751315 0.711780 0.674972 0.640658 0.578704 4 0.854804 0.822702 0.792094 0.762895 0.735030 0.708425 0.683013 0.635518 0.592080 0.552291 0.482253 5 0.821927 0.783526 0.747258 0.712986 0.680583 0.649931 0.620921 0.567427 0.519369 0.476113 0.401878 6 0.790315 0.746215 0.704961 0.666342 0.630170 0.596267 0.564474 0.506631 0.455587 0.410442 0.334898 7 0.759918 0.710681 0.665057 0.622750 0.583490 0.547034 0.513158 0.452349 0.399637 0.353830 0.279082 8 0.730690 0.676839 0.627412 0.582009 0.540269 0.501866 0.466507 0.403883 0.350559 0.305025 0.232568 9 0.702587 0.644609 0.591898 0.543934 0.500249 0.460428 0.424098 0.36061O 0.307508 0.262953 0.193807 10 0.675564 0.613913 0.558395 0.508349 0.463193 0.422411 0.385543 0.321973 0.269744 0.226684 0.161506 11 0.649581 0.584679 0.526788 0.475093 0.428883 0.387533 0.350494 0.287476 0.2366170.195417 0.134588 12 0.624597 0.556837 0.496969 0.444012 0.397114 0.355535 0.318631 0.256675 0.207559 0.168463 0.112157 13 0.600574 0.530321 0.468839 0.414964 0.367698 0.326179 0.289664 0.229174 0.182069 0.145227 0.093464 14 0.577475 0.505068 0.442301 0.387817 0.340461 0.299246 0.263331 0.204620 0.159710 0.125195 0.077887 15 0.555265 0.481017 0.417265 0.362446 0.315242 0.274538 0.239392 0.182696 0.140096 0.107927 0.064905 16 0.533908 0.458112 0.393646 0.338735 0.291890 0.251870 0.217629 0.163122 0.122892 0.093041 0.054088 17 0.513373 0.436297 0.371364 0.316574 0.270269 0.231073 0.197845 0.145644 0.107800 0.080207 0.045073 18 0.493628 0.415521 0.350344 0.295864 0.250249 0.211994 0.179859 0.130040 0.094561 0.069144 0.037561 19 0.474642 0.395734 0.330513 0.276508 0.231712 0.194490 0.163508 0.116107 0.082948 0.059607 0.031301 20 0.456387 0.376889 0.311805 0.258419 0.214548 0.178431 0.148644 0.103667 0.072762 0.051385 0.026084

Explanation / Answer

Net present value = Present value of cash inflow-Present value of cash outflow

= (31500*3.888668+20900*0.455587)-98000

Net present value = 34015

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