Ch 19 Accounting Rate of Return WeCare Clinic is planning on investing in some new echocardiogram equipment that will require an initial outlay of $150,000. The system has an expected life of five years and no expected salvage value. The investment is expected to produce the following net cash flows over its life: $88,000, $85,000, $88,000, $82,000, and $100,000. Required: 1. Calculate the annual net income for each of the five years. Year 1 Year 2 Net Income Year 3 Year 41 Year 5 2. Calculate the accounting rate of return. Enter your answer as a whole percentage value (for example, 16% should be entered as "16"). % 3. What if a second competing revenue-producing investment has the same initial outlay and salvage value but the following cash flows (in chronological sequence): $100,000, $100,000, $100,000, $88,000, and $27,5007 Calculate its accounting rate of return. Enter your answer as a whole percentage value (for example, 16% should be entered as "16"). % Using the accounting rate of return metric, which project should be selected: the first or the second? First project Why might the second project be preferred over the first project? It returns larger amounts of cash sooner than the first project Check My Mad