Alex Myrick saved $400,000 during the 25 years that he worked for a major corporation. Now he has retired at the age of 50 and has begun to draw a comfortable pension check every month. He wants to ensure the financial security of his retirement by investing his savings wisely and is currently considering two investment opportunities. Both investments require an initial payment of $300,000. The following table presents the estimated cash inflows for the two alternatives.

Mr. Myrick decides to use his past average return on mutual fund investment as the discount rate; it is 8 percent

Required
A. Compute the net present value of each opportunity. Which should Mr. Myrick adopt based on the net present value approach?
B. Compute the payback period for each project. Which should Mr. Myrick adopt based on the payback approach?
C. Compute the net present value approach with the payback approach. Which method is better in the givencircumstances?

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Year 0 S (300,000) S 89,000 Year 1 - $89,000 Year 1 Year 2 S94,000 Year 2 Year 3 S126,000 Yer 3 S 126,000 Year 4 S162,000 Yea4 S 162,000 Opportunity #2 Year 0 S (300.000) Year 1 S164,000 Y S 164,000 Year 2 S174,000 Year 2 S 174,000 Year 3 S28,000 Year 3 Year 4 S24.000 Year 4 S 24,000