Suppose your firm is considering two mutually exclusive, required projects with
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Suppose your firm is considering two mutually exclusive, required projects with the cash flows shown below. The required rate of return on projects of both of their risk class is 9 percent, and that the maximum allowable payback and discounted payback statistic for the projects are 2 and 3 years, respectively. Time: 0 1 2 3 Project A Cash Flow -21,000 11,000 31,000 2,000 Project B Cash Flow -31,000 11,000 21,000 51,000 Use the discounted payback decision rule to evaluate these projects; which one(s) should it be accepted or rejected? accept A, reject B accept neither A nor B reject A, accept B accept both A and B
Explanation / Answer
A:
Hence discounted Payback period=Last period with a negative cumulative cash flow+(Absolute value of cumulative cash flows at that period/Cash flow after that period).
=1+(10908.26/26092.08)=1.42 years(Approx)
B:
Hence discounted Payback period=Last period with a negative cumulative cash flow+(Absolute value of cumulative cash flows at that period/Cash flow after that period).
=2+(3232.98/39381.36)=2.08 years(Approx)
Hence since projects are mutually exclusive;A must be selected and B rejected having lower discounted payback period.
Year Cash flows Present value@9% Cumulative Cash flows 0 (21000) (21000) (21000) 1 11000 10091.74 (10908.26) 2 31000 26092.08 15183.82 3 2000 1544.37 16728.19(Approx).Related Questions
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