Cowboy Recording Studio is considering the investment of $144,000 in a new recording equipment. It is estimated that the new equipment will generate additional cash flow of $21,000 per year for each year of its 8-year life and will have a salvage value of $13,500 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.

A. Calculate the net present value of the proposed investment. (Do not round your intermediate calculations.) (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign.)

Net present value

B. Calculate the present value ratio of the investment. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Present value ratio

C. What is the internal rate of return of this investment, relative to the cost of capital?

Internal rate of return of this investment: _____the cost of capital of 10%

D. Calculate the payback period of the investment. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Payback period: years

TABLE 6.4 FACTORS FOR CALCULATING THE PRESENT VALUE OF $1 Discount Rate No. of Periods 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 20% 0.9091 0.8264 0.7513 0.6830 0.6209 0.8929 0.7972 0.7118 0.6355 0.5674 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 0.980 0.961 0.942 0.924 0.906 0.888 0.871 0.853 0.837 0.820 0.9615 0.9246 0.8890 0.8548 0.8219 0.7903 0.7599 0.7307 0.7026 0.6756 0.9434 0.8900 0.8396 0.7921 0.7473 0.7050 0.6651 0.6274 0.5919 0.5584 0.9259 0.8573 0.7938 0.7350 0.6806 0.6302 0.5835 0.5403 0.5002 0.4632 0.5645 0.5132 0.4665 0.4241 0.3855 0.5066 0.4523 0.4039 0.3606 0.3220 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 0.3505 0.3186 0.2897 0.2633 0.2394 0.2366 0.2076 0.1821 0.1597 0.1401 0.804 0.788 0.773 0.758 0.743 0.728 0.714 0.700 0.686 0.673 0.660 0.647 0.634 0.622 0.610 0.552 0.500 0.453 0.410 0.372 0.6496 0.6246 0.6006 0.5775 0.5553 0.5339 0.5134 0.4936 0.4746 0.4564 0.4388 0.4220 0.4057 0.3901 0.3751 0.3083 0.2534 0.2083 0.1712 0.1407 0.5268 0.4970 0.4688 0.4423 0.4173 0.3936 0.3714 0.3503 0.3305 0.3118 0.2942 0.2775 0.2618 0.2470 0.2330 0.1741 0.1301 0.0972 0.0727 0.0543 0.4289 0.3971 0.3677 0.3405 0.3152 0.2919 0.2703 0.2502 0.2317 0.2145 0.1987 0.1839 0.1703 0.1577 0.1460 0.0994 0.0676 0.0460 0.0313 0.0213 0.2176 0.1978 0.1799 0.1635 0.1486 0.1351 0.1228 0.1117 0.1015 0.0923 0.0573 0.0356 0.0221 0.0137 0.0085 0.2875 0.2567 0.2292 0.2046 0.1827 0.1631 0.1456 0.1300 0.1161 0.1037 0.0926 0.0826 0.0738 0.0659 0.0588 0.0334 0.0189 0.0107 0.0061 0.0035 0.1229 0.1078 0.0946 0.0829 0.0728 0.0638 0.0560 0.0491 0.0431 0.0378 0.0196 0.0102 0.0053 0.0027 0.0014 0.1954 0.1685 0.1452 0.1252 0.1079 0.0930 0.0802 0.0691 0.0596 0.0514 0.0443 0.0382 0.0329 0.0284 0.0245 0.0116 0.0055 0.0026 0.0013 0.0006 0.1619 0.1372 0.1163 0.0985 0.0835 0.0708 0.0600 0.0508 0.0431 0.0365 0.0309 0.0262 0.0222 0.0188 0.0160 0.0070 0.0030 0.0013 0.0006 0.0006 0.0003 0.1346 0.1122 0.0935 0.0779 0.0649 0.0541 0.0451 0.0376 0.0313 0.0261 0.0217 0.0181 0.0151 0.0126 0.0105 0.0042 0.0017 0.0007 0.0003 0.0001 TABLE 6.5 FACTORS FOR CALCULATING THE PRESENT VALUE OF AN ANNUITY OF $1 Discount Rate No. of Periods 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 20% 0.980 1.942 2.884 3.808 4.713 0.9615 1.8861 2.7751 3.6299 4.4518 0.9434 0.9259 1.8334 1.7833 2.67302.5771 3.4651 3.3121 4.2124 3.9927 0.9091 0.8929 1.7355 1.6901 2.4869 2.4018 3.16993.0373 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 3.4976 3.8115 4.0776 4.3030 4.4941 0.8333 1.5278 2.1065 2.5887 2.9906 3.3255 3.6046 3.8372 4.0310 4.1925 5.601 6.472 7.325 8.162 8.983 5.24214.9173 6.0021 5.5824 6.7327 6.2098 7.4353 6.8017 8.11097.3601 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 9.787 10.575 11.348 12.106 12.849 8.7605 9.3851 9.9856 10.5631 11.1184 7.8869 7.1390 8.3838 7.5361 8.8527 7.9038 9.29508 .2442 9.7122 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 13.578 14.292 14.992 15.678 16.351 11.6523 10.1059 12.1657 10.4773 12.6593 10.8276 13.1339 11.1581 13.5903 11.4699 8.8514 9.1216 9.3719 9.6036 9.8181 7.8237 8.0216 8.2014 8.3649 8.5136 6.9740 7.1196 7.2497 7.3658 7.4694 6.2651 6.3729 6.4674 6.5504 6.6231 5.6685 5.7487 5.8178 5.8775 5.9288 5.1624 5.2223 5.2732 5.3162 5.3527 4.7296 4.7746 4.8122 4.8435 4.8696 17.011 17.658 18.292 18.914 19.523 14.0292 11.7641 14.4511 12.0416 14.8568 12.3034 15.2470 12.5504 15.6221 12.7834 10.0168 10.2007 10.3711 10.5288 10.6748 8.6487 8.7715 8.8832 8.9847 9.0770 7.5620 7.6446 7.7184 7.7843 7.8431 6.6870 5.9731 6.7429 6.0113 6.7921 6.0442 6.8351 6.0726 6.87296.0971 5.3837 5.4099 5.4321 5.4509 5.4669 4.8913 4.9094 4.9245 4.9371 4.9476 22.396 24.999 27.355 29.490 31.424 17.2920 13.7648 18.6646 14.4982 19.7928 15.0463 20.7200 15.4558 21.4822 15.7619 11.2578 11.6546 11.9246 12.1084 12.2335 9.4269 9.6442 9.7791 9.8628 9.9148 8.0552 8.1755 8.2438 8.2825 8.3045 7.0027 7.0700 7.1050 7.1232 7.1327 6.1772 6.2153 6.2335 6.2421 6.2463 5.5168 5.5386 5.5482 5.5523 5.5541 4.9789 4.9915 4.9966 .9986 4.9995 4