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Lou Barlow, a divisional manager for Sage Company, has an opportunity to manufacture and sell one of two new products for a five. year period. His annual pay raises are determined by his division's return on investment (ROl), which has exceeded 23%. each of the last three years. He has computed the cost and revenue estimates for each product as follows: The company's discountrate is 16% Click here to view Exhibit 148.1 and Exhibit 148:2, to determine the appropniate discount factor using tables Required: 1 Colculate the paybock period for each product. 2 Calculate the net present value for each product. 3. Calculote the intemal rote of retum for each product 4. Calculate the profitability index for each product. 5. Calculate the simple rote of retum for each product 6a. For each measure, identify whether Product A or Product B is preferred 6b. Based on the simple rate of return, which of the two products should Lou's division oceept? Complete this question by entering vour answers in the tabs below