Cowboy Recording Studio is considering the investment of $131,400 in a new recording equipment. It is estimated that the new equipment will generate additional cash flow of $19,000 per year for each year of its 7-year life and will have a salvage value of $14,500 at the end of its life. Cowboyss financial managers estimate that the firms cost of capital is 10%. Use Table 6-4 and Table 6-5. (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided. Round the PV factors to 4 decimals.)

Required:

1. Calculate the net present value of the investment.
2. Calculate the present value ratio of the investment.
3. What is the internal rate of return of this investment, relative to the cost of capital?
4. Calculate the payback period of the investment.

TABLE 6.4 FACTORS FOR CALCULATING THE PRESENT VALUE OF $1 No. of Periods Discount Rate 10% 12% 2% 6% 8% 14% 16% 18% 20% 1 2 3 0.980 0.961 0.942 0.924 0.906 0.9615 0.9246 0.8890 0.8548 0.8219 0.9259 0.8573 0.7938 0.7350 0.6806 0.9091 0.8264 0.7513 0.6830 0.6209 0.8772 0.7695 0.6750 0.5921 0.5194 0.8621 0.7432 0.6407 0.5523 0.4761 0.8475 0.7182 0.6086 0.5158 0.4371 0.8333 0.6944 0.5787 0.4823 0.4019 4 5 0.9434 0.8900 0.8396 0.7921 0.7473 0.7050 0.6651 0.6274 0.5919 0.5584 6 7 8 9 10 0.888 0.871 0.853 0.837 0.820 0.7903 0.7599 0.7307 0.7026 0.6756 0.6302 0.5835 0.5403 0.5002 0.4632 0.5645 0.5132 0.4665 0.4241 0.3855 0.8929 0.7972 0.7118 0.6355 0.5674 0.5066 0.4523 0.4039 0.3606 0.3220 0.2875 0.2567 0.2292 0.2046 0.1827 0.4556 0.3996 0.3506 0.3075 0.2697 0.4104 0.3538 0.3050 0.2630 0.2267 0.3704 0.3139 0.2660 0.2255 0.1911 0.3349 0.2791 0.2326 0.1938 0.1615 11 12 13 0.804 0.788 0.773 0.758 0.743 0.6496 0.6246 0.6006 0.5775 0.5553 0.5268 0.4970 0.4688 0.4423 0.4173 0.4289 0.3971 0.3677 0.3405 0.3152 0.3505 0.3186 0.2897 0.2633 0.2394 0.2366 0.2076 0.1821 0.1597 0.1401 0.1954 0.1685 0.1452 0.1252 0.1079 0.1619 0.1372 0.1163 0.0985 0.0835 0.1346 0.1122 0.0935 0.0779 0.0649 14 15 TABLE 6.5 FACTORS FOR CALCULATING THE PRESENT VALUE OF AN ANNUITY OF $1 2% 4% 6% 8% 14% 16% 18% 20% No. of Periods 1 2 3 4 5 0.980 0.9615 1.942 1.8861 2.884 2.7751 3.808 3.6299 4.713 4.4518 0.9434 1.8334 2.6730 3.4651 4.2124 0.9259 1.7833 2.5771 3.3121 3.9927 Discount Rate 10% 12% 0.9091 0.8929 1.7355 1.6901 2.4869 2.4018 3.1699 3.0373 3.7908 3.6048 0.8772 1.6467 2.3216 2.9137 3.4331 0.8621 1.6052 2.2459 2.7982 3.2743 0.8475 1.5656 2.1743 2.6901 3.1272 0.8333 1.5278 2.1065 2.5887 2.9906 3.3255 6 7 8 9 10 5.601 6.472 7.325 8.162 8.983 5.2421 4.9173 6.0021 5.5824 6.7327 6.2098 7.4353 6.8017 8.1109 7.3601 4.6229 5.2064 5.7466 6.2469 6.7101 4.3553 4.8684 5.3349 5.7590 6.1446 4.1114 4.5638 4.9676 5.3282 5.6502 3.8887 4.2883 4.6389 4.9464 5.2161 3.6847 4.0386 4.3436 4.6065 4.8332 3.4976 3.8115 4.0776 4.3030 4.4941 3.6046 3.8372 4.0310 4.1925 11 12 13 9.787 10.575 11.348 12.106 12.849 8.7605 9.3851 9.9856 10.5631 11.1184 7.8869 8.3838 8.8527 9.2950 9.7122 7.1390 7.5361 7.9038 8.2442 8.5595 6.4951 6.8137 7.1034 7.3667 7.6061 5.9377 6.1944 6.4235 6.6282 6.8109 5.4527 5.6603 5.8424 6.0021 6.1422 5.0286 5.1971 5.3423 5.4675 5.5755 4.6560 4.7932 4.9095 5.0081 5.0916 4.3271 4.4392 4.5327 4.6106 4.6755 14 15