Phillips Industries runs a small manufacturing operation. For this fiscal year, it expects real net cash flows

Question:

Phillips Industries runs a small manufacturing operation. For this fiscal year, it expects real net cash flows of $235,000. The company is an ongoing operation, but it expects competitive pressures to erode its real net cash flows at 3 percent per year in perpetuity. The appropriate real discount rate for the company is 4 percent. All net cash flows are received at year-end. What is the present value of the net cash flows from the company's operations?

Discount Rate
Depending upon the context, the discount rate has two different definitions and usages. First, the discount rate refers to the interest rate charged to the commercial banks and other financial institutions for the loans they take from the Federal...