Casey Nelson is a divisional manager for Pigeon Company. His annual pay raises are largely determined by his division's return on investment (ROI), which has been above 23% each of the last three years. Casey is considering a capital budgeting project that would require a $4,100,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. Pigeon Company's discount rate is 19%. The project would provide net operating income each year for five years as follows:

Sales$4,000,000

Variable expenses$ 1,840,000

Contribution margin$ 2,160,000

Fixed expenses:

Advertising, salaries, and other

fixed out-of-pocket costs $760,000

Depreciation$ 820,000

Total fixed expenses$1,580,000

Net operating income$580,000

Required:

1. What is the project's net present value?

2. What is the project's internal rate of return to the nearest whole percent?

3.What is the project's simple rate of return?

4-a. Would the company want Casey to pursue this investment opportunity?

4-b. Would Casey be inclined to pursue this investment opportunity?