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(Payback and discounted payback period calculations) The Bar-None Manufacturing Co. manufactures fence panels used in cattle feed lots throughout the Midwest. Bar-None's management is considering three investment projects for next year but doesn't want to make any investment that requires more than three years to recover the firm's initial investment. The cash flows for the three projects (Project A, Project B, and Project C) are as follows: a. Given Bar-None's three-year payback period, which of the projects will quality for acceptance? b. Rank the three projects using their payback period. Which project looks the best using this criterion? Do you agree with this ranking? Why or why not? c. Il Bar-None uses a discount rate of 9.3 percent to analyze projects, what is the discounted payback period for each of the three projects? the firm still maintains its three-year payback policy for the discounted payback, which projects should the firm undertako? a. Given the cash flow information in the table, the payback period of Project Ais years (Round to two decimal places.) i Data Table - X Year 1 2 3 4. 5 Project A $(1,100) 650 225 180 70 470 Project B $(11,000) 4,000 3,500 3,500 3,500 3,500 Project C $(5,300) 1,800 1,800 4,000 4,000 4,000 (Related to Checkpoint 11.2) (Calculating EAC) Barry Boswell is a financial analyst for Dossman Metal Works, Inc. and he is analyzing two alternative configurations for the firm's new plasma cutter shop. The two alternatives, denoted A and B below, will perform the same task, but alternative A will cost $95,000 to purchase, while alternative B will cost only $50,000. Moreover, the two alternatives will have very different cash flows and useful lives. The after-tax costs for the two projects are as follows: a. Calculate each project's EAC, given a discount rate of 8 percent b. Which of the alternatives do you think Barry should select? Why? Data Table Year Alternative A Alternative B NO $(95,000) (16,000) (16,000) (16,000) (16,000) (16.000) (16,000) (16,000) ${50,000) (6.500) (6.500) (6.500) 3 4 5 6 7