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Posted on Sep 16, 2024

Cardinal Company is considering a project that would require a $2,875,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years. At the end of

Cardinal Company is considering a project that would require a $2,875,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years. At the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would be sold for its salvage value of $300,000. The companys discount rate is 16%. The project would provide net operating income each year as follows:


Sales			$	2,871,000
Variable expenses				1,018,000

Contribution margin				1,853,000
Fixed expenses:
Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs	$	753,000
Depreciation		515,000

Total fixed expenses				1,268,000

Net operating income			$	585,000

Required:

Which item(s) in the income statement shown above will not affect cash flows? (You may select more than one answer. Click the box with a check mark for correct answers and click to empty the box for the wrong answers.)

	Sales
	Variable expenses
	Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs expenses
	Depreciation expense

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2.	What are the projects annual net cash inflows?

Click here to view Exhibit 11B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table.

3.	What is the present value of the projects annual net cash inflows? (Use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

Click here to view Exhibit 11B-1, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table.

4.	What is the present value of the equipments salvage value at the end of five years? (Use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

Click here to view Exhibit 11B-1 and Exhibit 11B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.

5.	What is the projects net present value? (Use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

Click here to view Exhibit 11B-1 and Exhibit 11B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.

6.	What is the project profitability index for this project? (Use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to 2 decimal places.)

7.	What is the projects payback period? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

8.	What is the projects simple rate of return for each of the five years? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. (i.e 0.1234 should be entered as 12.34.))