Dwight Donovan, the president of Rundle Enterprises, is considering two investment opportunities. Because of limited resources, he will be able to invest in only one of them. Project A is to purchase a machine that will enable factory automation; the machine is expected to have a useful life of three years and no salvage value. Project B supports a training program that will improve the skills of employees operating the current equipment. Initial cash expenditures for Project A are $118,000 and for Project B are $34,000. The annual expected cash inflows are $49,976 for Project A and $15,139 for Project B. Both investments are expected to provide cash flow benefits for the next three years. Rundle Enterprises desired rate of return is 6 percent. (PV of $1 and PVA of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) Required
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Compute the net present value of each project. Which project should be adopted based on the net present value approach?
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Compute the approximate internal rate of return of each project. Which one should be adopted based on the internal rate of return approach?
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| Project B | |
| Which project should be adopted? | Project A |
TABLE 1 PRESENT VALUE OF $1 n 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 12% 14% 16% 20% 1 0.961538 0.952381 0.943396 0.934579 0.925926 0.917431 0.909091 0.892857 0.877193 0.862069 0.833333 2. 0.924556 0.907029 0.889996 0.873439 0.857339 0.841680 0.526446 0.797194 0.769468 0.743163 0.694444 3 0.888996 0.563838 0.839619 0.816298 0.793832 0.772183 0.751315 0.711780 0.674972 0.640658 0.578704 4 0.854804 0.822702 0.792094 0.762895 0.735030 0.708425 0.683013 0.635518 0.592080 0.552291 0.482253 5 0.821927 0.783526 0.747258 0.712956 0.680583 0.649931 0.620921 0.567427 0.519369 0.476113 0.401878 6 0.790315 0.746215 0.704961 0.666342 0.630170 0.596267 0.564474 0.506631 0.455587 0.410442 0.33489S 7 0.759918 0.710681 0.665057 0.622750 0.583490 0.547034 0.513155 0.452349 0.399637 0.353830 0.279082 S 0.730690 0.6768390.627412 0.582009 0.540269 0.501866 0.466507 0.403883 0.350559 0.305025 0.232565 9 0.702587 0.644609 0.591898 0.543934 0.500249 0.460428 0.424098 0.360610 0.30750S 0.262953 0.193807 10 0.675564 0.613913 0.558395 0.508349 0.463193 0.422411 0.385543 0.321973 0.269744 0.226684 0.161506 11 0.649581 0.584679 0.526788 0.475093 0.428883 0.387533 0.350494 0.287476 0.236617 0.195417 0.13458S 12 0.624597 0.556837 0.496969 0.444012 0.397114 0.355535 0.318631 0.256675 0.2075590.168463 0.112157 13 0.600574 0.530321 0.468839 0.414964 0.367698 0.326179 0.289664 0.229174 0.182069 0.145227 0.093464 14 0.577475 0.505068 0.442301 0.387817 0.340461 0.299246 0.263331 0.204620 0.159710 0.125195 0.077857 15 0.555265 0.481017 0.417265 0.362446 0.315242 0.274538 0.239392 0.182696 0.140096 0.107927 0.064905 16 0.533908 0.458112 0.393646 0.338735 0.291 890 0.251870 0.217629 0.163122 0.122892 0.093041 0.0540SS 17 0.513373 0.436297 0.371364 0.316574 0.270269 0.231073 0.197845 0.145644 0.107800 0.080207 0.045073 18 0.493628 0.415521 0.350344 0.295864 0.250249 0.211994 0.179559 0.130040 0.094561 0.069144 0.037561 19 0.474642 0.395734 0.330513 0.276508 0.231712 0.194490 0.163505 0.116107 0.082948 0.059607 0.031301 20 0.456387 0.376889 0.311 805 0.258419 0.214548 0.178431 0.148644 0.103667 0.072762 0.051385 0.026084 TABLE 2 PRESENT VALUE OF AN ANNUITY OF $1 n 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 12% 14% 16% 20% 1 0.961538 0.952381 0.943396 0.934579 0.925926 0.917431 0.909091 0.892857 0.577193 0.862069 0.833333 2 1.886095 1.859410 1.833393 1. SOSOIS 1.783265 1.759111 1.735537 1.690051 1.646661 1.605232 1.527778 3 2.775091 2.723248 2.673012 2.624316 2.577097 2.531295 2.486852 2.401831 2.321632 2.245890 2.106481 4 3.629895 3.545951 3.465106 3.387211 3.312127 3.239720 3.169865 3.037349 2.913712 2.798181 2.588735 5 4.451822 4.329477 4.212364 4.100197 3.992710 3.889651 3.790787 3.604776 3.433081 3.274294 2.990612 6 5.242137 5.075692 4.917324 4.766540 4.6228SO 4.485919 4.355261 4.111407 3.SSS66S 3.684736 3.325510 7 6.002055 5.786373 5.582381 5.389289 5.206370 5.032953 4.868419 4.563757 4.288305 4.038565 3.604592 S 6.732745 6.463213 6.209794 5.971299 5.7466395.534819 5.334926 4.967640 4.638864 4.343591 3.837160 9 7.435332 7.107822 6.801692 6.515232 6.246SSS 5.995247 5.759024 5.328250 4.946372 4.606544 4.030967 10 8.110896 7.721735 7.360087 7.023592 6.710051 6.417655 6.144567 5.650223 5.216116 4.833227 4.192472 11 8.760477 8.306414 7.886875 7.495674 7.138964 6.805191 6.495061 5.937699 5.452733 5.028644 4.327060 12 9.385074 8.863252 8.383844 7.942656 7.536078 7.160725 6.813692 6.194374 5.660292 5.197107 4.439217 13 9.985648 9.393573 8.852683 8.357651 7.903776 7.486904 7.103356 6.423548 5.842362 5.342334 4.532681 14 10.563123 9.898641 9.294984 8.745468 8.244237 7.786150 7.366687 6.628168 6.002072 5.467529 4.610567 15 11.118387 10.379658 9.712249 9.107914 8.5594798.06068S 7.606080 6.810864 6.142168 5.575456 4.675473 16 11.652296 10.837770 10.105895 9.446649 8.851369 8.312555 7.823709 6.973986 6.265060 5.668497 4.729561 17 12.165669 11.274066 10.477260 9.763223 9.121638 8.543631 8.021553 7.119630 6.372859 5.748 704 4.774634 1S 12.659297 11.689557 10.527603 10.059087 9.371887 8.755625 8.201412 7.249670 6.467420 5.817848 4.812195 19 13.133939 12.085321 11.158116 10.335595 9.603599 8.905115 8.364920 7.365777 6.550369 5.877455 4.843496 20 13.590326 12.462210 11.469921 10.594014 9.S18147 9.128546 8.513564 7.469444 6.623131 5.928841 4.869580
