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The Johnson Research Organization, a nonprofit organization that does not pay taxes, is considering buying laboratory equipment with an estimated life of seven years so it will not have to use outsiders' laboratories for certain types of work. The following are all of the cash flows affected by the decision: Use Exhibit A.8.

Investment (outflow at time 0) $ 6,950,000 Periodic operating cash flows: Annual cash savings because outside laboratories are not used 1,420,000 Additional cash outflow for people and supplies to operate the equipment 220,000 Salvage value after seven years, which is the estimated life of this project 420,000 Discount rate 6 % Required: Calculate the net present value of this decision. (Round PV factor to 3 decimal places.) Should the organization buy the equipment?

Exhibit A.8 Present Value of $1 Year 5% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 15% 16% 18% 20% 0.952 0.943 0.926 0.909 0.893 0.877 0.870 0.862 0.847 0.833 2 0.907 0.890 0.857 0.826 0.797 0.769 0.756 0.743 0.718 0.694 3 0.864 0.840 0.794 0.751 0.712 0.675 0.658 0.641 0.609 0.579 4 0.823 0.792 0.735 0.683 0.636 0.592 0.572 0.552 0.516 0.482 5 0.784 0.747 0.681 0.621 0.567 0.519 0.497 0.476 0.437 0.402 6 0.746 0.705 0.630 0.564 0.507 0.456 0.432 0.410 0.370 0.335 7 0.711 0.665 0.583 0.513 0.452 0.400 0.376 0.354 0.314 0.279 8 0.677 0.627 0.540 0.467 0.404 0.351 0.327 0.305 0.266 0.233 9 0.645 0.592 0.500 0.424 0.361 0.308 0.284 0.263 0.225 0.194 10 0.614 0.558 0.463 0.386 0.322 0.270 0.247 0.227 0.191 0.162 11 0.585 0.527 0.429 0.350 0.287 0.237 0.215 0.195 0.162 0.135 12 0.557 0.497 0.397 0.319 0.257 0.208 0.187 0.168 0.137 0.112 13 0.530 0.469 0.368 0.290 0.229 0.182 0.163 0.145 0.116 0.093 14 0.505 0.442 0.340 0.263 0.205 0.160 0.141 0.125 0.099 0.078 15 0.481 0.417 0.315 0.239 0.183 0.140 0.123 0.108 0.084 0.065 Year 22% 24% 25% 26% 28% 30% 32% 34% 35% 40% 1 0.820 0.806 0.800 0.794 0.781 0.769 0.758 0.746 0.741 0.714 2 0.672 0.650 0.640 0.630 0.610 0.592 0.574 0.557 0.549 0.510 3 0.551 0.524 0.512 0.500 0.477 0.455 0.435 0.416 0.406 0.364 4 0.451 0.423 0.410 0.397 0.373 0.350 0.329 0.310 0.301 0.260 5 0.370 0.341 0.328 0.315 0.291 0.269 0.250 0.231 0.223 0.186 6 0.303 0.275 0.262 0.250 0.227 0.207 0.189 0.173 0.165 0.133 7 0.249 0.222 0.210 0.198 0.178 0.159 0.143 0.129 0.122 0.095 8 0.204 0.179 0.168 0.157 0.139 0.123 0.108 0.096 0.091 0.068 9 0.167 0.144 0.134 0.125 0.108 0.094 0.082 0.072 0.067 0.048 10 0.137 0.116 0.107 0.099 0.085 0.073 0.062 0.054 0.050 0.035 1 0.112 0.094 0.086 0.079 0.066 0.056 0.047 0.040 0.037 0.025 12 0.092 0.076 0.069 0.062 0.052 0.043 0.036 0.030 0.027 0.018 13 0.075 0.061 0.055 0.050 0.040 0.033 0.027 0.022 0.020 0.013 14 0.062 0.049 0.044 0.039 0.032 0.025 0.021 0.017 0.015 0.009 15 0.051 0.040 0.035 0.031 0.025 0.020 0.016 0.012 0.011 0.006