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what is the formula used to find present values for each year, and are these ans

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what is the formula used to find present values for each year, and are these answers right with work shown?

Styles 2 Mrs. Beverly LeBlanc (F381 Fa05) is evaluating the three mutually-exclusive investment projects shown below. If the projects are equally risky, profits are received at year-end, and the required return is 10%(1%) which, of these-projects, would, Beverly. recommend be adopted? After-TaxProfits-nProject 1c Yeara $1,000 $1,000 $1,000a $1,000 $2,000 $3,000 a 0-1 Avg. Annual Profit1000 Chose A, because-you-get-the-money-sooner. and itis factors wotked out and how he gotthose numbers 10001000 Present Value $2.486.85 S2.329.08 $2/253.945 consistent. worl this out fora credit Show interes Al.1. Project AL is preferred because profits Qeived sooner are more valuable than those same profits received later. Why? (After-Ex.3.3. I.N#3- yourself) EXTRA Credit Homework #31.1 you should come back to this problem and VERIFY these PV's for

Explanation / Answer

Formula used to calculate present values for each year:

Present Value = Future Value * [ 1/(1+ rate of return)^period]

Calculation and working shown are correct

Project A:

1 Year : 1000*(1/1.10^1)=1000*0.9091= $909.10

2 Year: 1000*(1/1.10^2)= 1000*0.8264= $826.40

3 Year: 1000*(1/1.10^3)= 1000*0.7513= $751.30

Total Present Value= $2486.8

Project B:

Year 1: 0

Year 2: 1000*(1/1.10^2)= 1000*0.8264= $826.40

Year 3: 2000*(1/1.10^3)= 2000*0.7513= $1502.60

Total Present Value = $2329

Project C:

Year 1 : 0

Year 2: 0

Year 3: 3000 * (1/1.10^3) = 3000*0.7513= $2253.94

Total Present Value : $2253.9

Higher Present Value in Project A So, Project A should be accepted