Build Corporation wants to purchase a new machine for $295,000. Management predicts that the machine can produce sales of $187,000 each year for the next 5 years. Expenses are expected to include direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead (excluding depreciation) totaling $69,000 per year. The firm uses straight-line depreciation with no residual value for all depreciable assets. Build's combined income tax rate is 20%. Management requires a minimum after-tax rate of return of 10% on all investments.

What is the approximate internal rate of return (IRR) of the investment? (NOTE: To answer this question, students must have access to Table 2 from Appendix C, Chapter 12.) Assume that annual after-tax cash flows occur at year-end.

Multiple Choice Less than 17%. Somewhere between 17% and 19%. Somewhere between 20% and 25%. Somewhere between 25% and 30%. Over 30%