Derrick Iverson is a divisional manager for Holston Company. His annual pay raises are largely determined by his division's return on investment (ROI), which has been above 25% each of the last three years. Derrick is considering a capital budgeting project that would require a $5,170,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. Holston Company's discount rate is 19%. The project would provide net operating income each year for five years as follows: Sales Variable expenses $4,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 Contribution margin Fixed expenses: Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs Depreciation $780,000 780,000 Total fixed expenses 1,560,000 Net operating income $ 940,000 Use Excel or a financial calculator to solve. Required: 1. Compute the project's net present value nearest do Net present value 2. Compute the project's simple rate of return. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place. i.e. 0.123 should be considered as 12.3%.) Simple rate of return % 3-a. Would the company want Derrick to pursue this investment opportunity? Yes No 3-b. Would Derrick be inclined to pursue this investment opportunity? 8 Yes No