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Data for Problems 1 and 2 The cash flows for three mutually exclusive alternat i

ID: 2590016 • Letter: D

Question

Data for Problems 1 and 2 The cash flows for three mutually exclusive alternat ives are given in table below use MARR- Alt. B Alt Alt. A $11,000 1523,000-20,000 Initial cost RoR Life in years Annual benefits! $3.500-6,600 5,500 | 15% 13% | 11% 5 Problem 1 RoR for the first increment (Alt. C-Alt. A) is . A. 3.00% B. 3.50% C. 3.62% 4.00% Problem 2 Determine the RoR for the second increment (Alt. B-Alt. A) if A was retained during the first incren analysis. A. 10.00% B. 9.50% 9.19% D. 9.00% Problem 3 Determine the Rate of Return for a project that has an initial cost of $80,000 and would provid cash flows of $12,000 the first year, $14,000 the second year, $16,000 the third year, $18,000 year, $20,000 the fifth year, and $15,000 the sixth year. @s0% B. 4.50% C. 4.86% A. 4.00%

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

Alternative -1

15 %

Year

cash inflow

PV@15%(ROR)

Present value of benefit

1

$   3,500.00

0.8696

$ 3,043.60

2

$   3,500.00

0.7561

$     2,646.35

3

$   3,500.00

0.6575

$ 2,301.25

4

$   3,500.00

0.5718

$ 2,001.30

5

$   3,500.00

0.4972

$ 1,740.20

$ 11,732.70

Cost

$ 11,000.00

NPV

$ 732.70

Alternative -B

13.00000%

Year

cash inflow

PV@13%(ROR)

Present value of benefit

1

$   6,600.00

0.885

$ 5,841.00

2

$   6,600.00

0.7831

$ 5,168.46

3

$   6,600.00

0.6931

$           4,574.46

4

$   6,600.00

0.6133

$ 4,047.78

5

$   6,600.00

0.5428

$ 3,582.48

$ 23,214.18

Cost

$ 23,000.00

NPV

$ 214.18

Alternative -C

11.00000%

Year

cash inflow

PV@11%(ROR)

Present value of benefit

1

$  5,500.00

0.9009

$ 4,954.95

2

$  5,500.00

0.8116

$ 4,463.80

3

$  5,500.00

0.7312

$ 4,021.60

4

$  5,500.00

0.6587

$    3,622.85

5

$  5,500.00

0.5935

$ 3,264.25

$ 20,327.45

Cost

$ 20,000.00

NPV

$ 327.45

Problem:1

Change in ROR : for [Alternative C -Alternate A):

=(732.70-327.45) / (20000-11000)

=4.06%

Answer: (D)

Problem:2

Change in ROR : for [Alternative B -Alternate A):

=(732.70-214.80) / (23000-11000)

= 4.32%

= Minimum Acceptable Rate of Return + Change in ROR

=4 %+ 4.32%

=8.32

Answer: (D)

4.86%

Year

cash inflow

PV@4.86%(ROR)

Present value of benefit

1

$        12,000.00

0.9537

$ 11,444.40

2

$            14,000.00

0.9095

$ 12,733.00

3

$ 16,000.00

0.8673

$ 13,876.80

4

$ 18,000.00

0.8271

$ 14,887.80

5

$ 20,000.00

0.7888

$ 15,776.00

6

$ 15,000.00

0.7522

$ 11,282.00

$ 80,000.00

Cost

$ 80,000.00

NPV

0

ROI

0.00%

ANswer : (C) 4.86%

Working Note

Alternative -1

15 %

Year

cash inflow

PV@15%(ROR)

Present value of benefit

1

$   3,500.00

0.8696

$ 3,043.60

2

$   3,500.00

0.7561

$     2,646.35

3

$   3,500.00

0.6575

$ 2,301.25

4

$   3,500.00

0.5718

$ 2,001.30

5

$   3,500.00

0.4972

$ 1,740.20

$ 11,732.70

Cost

$ 11,000.00

NPV

$ 732.70

Alternative -B

13.00000%

Year

cash inflow

PV@13%(ROR)

Present value of benefit

1

$   6,600.00

0.885

$ 5,841.00

2

$   6,600.00

0.7831

$ 5,168.46

3

$   6,600.00

0.6931

$           4,574.46

4

$   6,600.00

0.6133

$ 4,047.78

5

$   6,600.00

0.5428

$ 3,582.48

$ 23,214.18

Cost

$ 23,000.00

NPV

$ 214.18

Alternative -C

11.00000%

Year

cash inflow

PV@11%(ROR)

Present value of benefit

1

$  5,500.00

0.9009

$ 4,954.95

2

$  5,500.00

0.8116

$ 4,463.80

3

$  5,500.00

0.7312

$ 4,021.60

4

$  5,500.00

0.6587

$    3,622.85

5

$  5,500.00

0.5935

$ 3,264.25

$ 20,327.45

Cost

$ 20,000.00

NPV

$ 327.45