A company must make a choice between two investment alternatives. Alternative 1 will return the company $30,000 at the end of four years and $60,000 at the end of eight years.

Alternative 2 will return the company $12,000 at the end of each of the next eight years. The company normally expects to earn a rate of return of 9%

on funds invested. Compute the present value of each alternative and determine the preferred alternative according to the discounted cash flow criterion.

The present value of Alternative 1 is $______

(Round the final answer to the nearest dollar as needed. Round all intermediate values to six decimal places as needed.)

The present value of Alternative 2 is $________

(Round the final answer to the nearest dollar as needed. Round all intermediate values to six decimal places as needed.)

The preferred alternative is Alternative 2 or Alternative 1?