If the company requires a 10% rate of return, the net present value of this machine would be: A. $(127,110), and the machine meets the company's rate-of-return requirement B. S(127,110), and the machine does not meet the company's rate-of-return requirement C. $(129,600), and the machine does not meet the company's rate-of-return requirement D. $(151,700, and the machine meets the company's r rate-of-return requirement None of the answers is correct 14. Swiss Imports can acquire a $700,000 machine now that will benefit the firm over the next 5 years. A newly hired staff assistant correctly computed the net present value to be $134,020 by using a 10% hurdle rate. FV0f 1 (i-1056, m.5): FV of a series of$1 cash flows (i-10%, n-s): PV of $1 (i-1096; n-5): PVofaseries of$1cash flows (i-10%, n-s): 1611 6.105 0.621 3.791 On the basis of this information, the machine was expected to produce annual cash operating savings of approximately A. $166,804. B. $220,000. C. $268,605 D. $834,020. E. None of the answers is correct. 15. A new machine that costs $172,100 is expected to save annual cash operating costs of 540,000 over each of the next nine years. Using the tables that follow, the machine's internal rate of return is: A. approximately 14%. B, approximately 16%. C, approximately 18%. D. approximately 20% E. None of the answers is correct 16. Excaliber is considering the acquisition of a $217,750 machine that is expected to prodace annual savings in cash operating costs of $50,000 over the next six years. If Excaliber uses the internal rate of return (IRR) to evaluate new investments and the company has a hurdle rate of 12%, which of the following statements is correct, using the tables that follow? A.The machine's IRR is less than 4%, and the machine should not be acquired. B. The machine's IRR is approximately 10%, and the machine should not be acquired. C.The machine's IRR is approximately 10%, and the machine should be acquired. D, The machine's RR is approximately 12%, and the machine should be acquired. E. All of the statements are false
