Lou Barlow, a divisional manager for Sage Company, has an opportunity to manufacture and sell one of two new products for a five-year period. He has computed the cost and revenue estimates for each product as follows: Product A Product B Initial investment: Cost of equipment (zero salvage value) $ 310,000 $ 510,000 Annual revenues and costs: Sales revenues $ 360,000 $ 460,000 Variable expenses $ 164,000 $ 214,000 Depreciation expense $ 62,000 $ 102,000 Fixed out-of-pocket operating costs $ 81,000 $ 65,000 The companys discount rate is 18%. Ignore income taxes. Note that Excel or a financial calculator must be used to calculate items 2 - 4. Required: 1. Calculate the payback period for each product. 2. Calculate the net present value for each product. 3. Calculate the internal rate of return for each product. 4. Calculate the project profitability index for each product. 6a. For each measure, identify whether Product A or Product B is preferred.