Labeau Products, Ltd., of Perth, Australia, has $20,000 to invest. The company is trying to decide between two alternative uses for the funds as follows:

	Invest in Project X		Invest in Project Y
Investment required	$	20,000	$	20,000
Annual cash inflows	$	8,000
Single cash inflow at the end of 6 years			$	50,000
Life of the project	6 years		6 years

The companys discount rate is 18%.

Click here to view Exhibit 13B-1 and Exhibit 13B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.

Required:

a.	Determine the net present values.

b.

Which alternative would you recommend that the company accept?

	Project X
	Project Y