The B Company has a policy of requiring a rate of return on investment of 16%. Two investment alternatives are available but the company may choose only one. Alternative 1 offers a return of $50 000 after 4 years, $40 000 after 7 years, and $30 000 after 10 years. Alternative 2 will return the company $750 at the end of each month for 10 years.
Compute the present value of each alternative and determine the preferred alternative according to the discounted cash flow criterion (round off to the nearest dollar).