Englehart Industries is evaluating whether to invest in solar panels to provide some of the electrical needs of its main office building in Orlando, Florida. The solar panel project would cost $725,000 and would provide cost savings in its utility bills of $30,000 per year. It is anticipated that the solar panels would have a life of 20 years and would have no residual value. Read the requirements. 1 Requirements 1. Calculate the payback period in years of the solar panel project. 2. If the company uses a discount rate of 12%, what is the net present value of this project? 3. If the company has a rule that no projects will be undertaken that have a payback period of more than five years, would this investment be accepted? If not, what arguments could the energy manager make to try to obtain approval for the solar panel project? 4. What would you do if you were in charge of approving capital investment proposals? Print Done Reference Present Value of $1 3% 0.971 0.943 0.915 0.888 0.863 4% 0.962 0.925 0.889 0.855 0.822 5% 0.952 0.907 0.864 0.823 0.784 6% 0.943 0.890 0.840 0.792 0.747 8% 0.926 0.857 0.794 0.735 0.681 10% 0.909 0.826 0.751 0.683 0.621 12% 14% 0.893 0.877 0.797 0.769 0.712 0.675 0.636 0.592 0.567 0.519 16% 0.862 0.743 0.641 0.552 0.476 18% 20% 0.847 0.833 0.718 0.694 0.609 0.579 0.516 0.482 0.437 0.402 Periods 1% 2% Period 1 0.990 0.980 Period 2 0.980 0.961 Period 3 0.971 0.942 Period 4 0.961 0.924 Period 5 0.951 0.906 Period 6 0.942 0.888 Period 7 0.933 0.871 Period 8 0.923 0.853 Period 9 0.914 0.837 Period 10 0.905 0.820 Period 110.896 0.804 Period 12 0.887 0.788 Period 13 0.879 0.773 Period 14 0.870 0.758 Period 15 0.861 0.743 Period 200.820 0.673 Period 25 0.780 0.610 Period 30 0.742 0.552 Period 400.672 0453 0.837 0.813 0.789 0.766 0.744 0.705 0.665 0.627 0.592 0.558 0.630 0.583 0.540 0.500 0.463 0.564 0.513 0.467 0.424 0.386 0.507 0.452 0.404 0.361 0.322 0.456 0.400 0.351 0.308 0.270 0.410 0.354 0.305 0.263 0.227 0.370 0.335 0.314 0.279 0.266 0.233 0.225 0.194 0.191 0.162 0.790 0.746 0.760 0.711 0.731 0.677 0.703 0.645 0.676 0.614 0.650 0.585 0.625 0.557 0.601 0.530 0.577 0.505 0.555 0.481 0.722 0.701 0.681 0.661 0.642 0.527 0.497 0.469 0.442 0.417 0.429 0.397 0.368 0.340 0.315 0.350 0.319 0.290 0.263 0.239 0.287 0.257 0.229 0.205 0.183 0.237 0.208 0.182 0.160 0.140 0.195 0.168 0.145 0.125 0.108 0.162 0.135 0.137 0.112 0.116 0.093 0.099 0.078 0.084 0.065 0.037 0.026 0.0160.010 0.007 0.004 0.001 0.001 0.554 0.478 0.412 0.307 0.456 0.375 0.308 0.208 0.377 0.295 0.231 0.142 0.312 0.233 0.174 0.097 0.215 0.146 0.099 0.046 0.149 0.092 0.057 0.022 0.104 0.059 0.033 0.011 0.073 0.038 0.020 0.005 0.051 0.024 0.012 0.003 1 Reference 14% 0.877 1.647 2.322 2.914 3.433 16% 0.862 1.605 2.246 2.798 3.274 18% 0.847 1.566 2.174 2.690 3.127 20% 0.833 1.528 2.106 2.589 2.991 Present Value of Annuity of $1 Periods 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 8% 10% 12% Period 1 0.990 0.980 0.971 0.962 0.952 0.943 0.926 0.909 0.893 Period 2 1.970 1.942 1.913 1.886 1.859 1.833 1.783 1.736 1.690 Period 3 2.941 2.884 2.829 2.775 2.723 2.673 2.577 2.487 2.402 Period 4 3.902 3.808 3.717 3.630 3.546 3.465 3.312 3.170 3.037 Period 5 4.853 4.713 4.580 4.452 4.329 4.2123.993 3.791 3.605 Period 6 5.795 5.601 5.417 5.242 5.076 4.917 4.623 4.355 4.111 Period 7 6.728 6.472 6.230 6.002 5.786 5.5825.206 4.868 4.564 Period 8 7.652 7.325 7.020 6.733 6.463 6.210 5.747 5.335 4.968 Period 9 8.566 8.162 7.786 7.435 7.108 6.802 6.247 5.759 | 5.328 Period 10 9.471 8.983 8.530 8.111 7.722 7.360 6.710 6.145 5.650 Period 11 10.368 9.787 9.253 8.760 8.306 7.887 7.139 6.495 5.938 Period 12 11.255 10.575 9.954 9.385 8.863 8.384 7.536 6.814 6.194 Period 13 12.134 11.348 10.635 9.986 9.394 8.853 7.904 7.103 6.424 Period 14 13.004 12.106 11.296 10.563 9.899 9.295 8.244 7.367 6.628 Period 15 13.865 12.849 11.938 11.118 10.380 9.712 8.559 7.606 6.811 Period 20 18.046 16.351 14.877 13.590 12.462 11.470 9.818 8.514 7.469 Period 25 22.023 19.523 17.413 15.622 14.094 12.783 10.675 9.077 7.843 Period 30 25.808 22.396 19.600 17.292 15.372 13.765 11.258 9.427 8.055 Period 40 32.835 27.355 23.115 19.793 17.159 15.046 11.925 9.779 | 8.244 3.889 4.288 4.639 4.946 5.216 3.685 4.039 4.344 4.607 4.833 3.498 3.812 4.078 4.303 4.494 3.326 3.605 3.837 4.031 4.192 5.453 5.660 5.842 6.002 6.142 5.029 5.197 5.342 5.468 5.575 4.656 4.793 4.910 5.008 5.092 4.327 4.439 4.533 4.611 4.675 6.623 6.873 7.003 7.105 5.929 6.097 6.177 6.233 5.353 5.467 5.517 5.548 4.870 4.948 4.979 4.997 Reference 16% 1.000 1% 1.000 2.010 3.030 4.060 5.101 2% 1.000 2.020 3.060 4.122 5.204 3% 1.000 2.030 3.091 4.184 5.309 4% 1.000 2.040 3.122 4.246 5.416 Future Value of Annuity of $1 5% 6% 8% 10% 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.050 2.060 2.080 2.100 3.153 3.184 3.246 3.310 4.310 4.375 4.506 4.641 5.526 5.637 5.867 6.105 12% 1.000 2.120 3.374 4.779 6.353 14% 1.000 2.140 3.440 4.921 6.610 18% 1.000 2.180 3.572 5.215 7.154 20% 1.000 2.200 3.640 5.368 7.442 3.506 5.066 6.877 Periods Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Period 6 Period 7 Period 8 Period 9 Period 10 Period 11 Period 12 Period 13 Period 14 Period 15 6.152 6.308 7.214 7.434 8.286 8.583 9.369 9.755 10.462 10.950 6.468 6.633 6.802 7.662 7.898 8.142 8.892 9.214 9.549 10.159 10.583 11.027 11.464 12.006 12.578 6.975 8.394 9.897 11.491 13.181 7.336 8.923 10.637 12.488 14.487 7.716 8.115 9.487 10.089 11.436 12.300 13.579 14.776 15.937 17.549 8.536 10.730 13.233 16.085 19.337 8.977 11.414 14.240 17.519 21.321 9.442 12.142 15.327 19.086 23.521 9.930 12.916 16.499 20.799 25.959 11.567 12.169 12.808 13.486 14.207 14.972 16.645 18.531 20.655 12.683 13.412 14.192 15.026 15.917 16.870 18.977 21.384 24.133 13.809 14.680 15.618 | 16.627 17.713 18.882 21.495 24.523 28.029 14.94715.974 17.086 18.292 19.599 21.015 24 215 27.975 32.393 16.09717.29318.599 20.024 21.579 23.276 27.152 31.772 37.280 23.045 27.271 32.089 37.581 43.842 25.733 30.850 36.786 43.672 51.660 28.755 34.931 42.219 50.818 60.965 32.150 39.581 48.497 59.196 72.035 Period 20 Period 25 Period 30 Period 40 22.019 | 24.297 26.870 29.778 33.066 36.786 45.762 57.275 72.052 91.025 115.380 146.628 186.688 28.243 | 32.030 | 36.459 41.646 47.727 54.865 73.106 98.347 133.334 181.871 249.214 342.603 471.981 34.785 40.568 47.575 56.085 66.43979.058 113.283 164.494 241.333 356.787 530.312 790.948 1,181.882 48.886 60.402 75.401 95.026 120.800 154.762 259.057 442.593767.091 1,342.025 2,360.757 4,163.213 7,343.858 Requirement 1. Calculate the payback period in years of the solar panel project. Determine the formula, then calculate the payback period. (Round your answer to two decimal places.) Payback period