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. His annual pay raises are determined by his divisions return on investment (ROI), which has exceeded 23% each of the last three years. He has computed the cost and revenue estimates for each product as follows:

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. His annual pay raises are determined by his division's return on investment (ROI), which has exceeded 23% each of the last three years. 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 Annual revenues and costs Sales revenues Variable expenses Depreciation expense Fixed out-of-pocket operating costs $280,000 490,000 $340,000 $440,000 $156,000 $206,000 $ 56,000$ 98,000 $ 79,000 59,000 The company's discount rate is 15%. Use Excel or a financial calculator to solve any time value of money problems Required 1. Calculate the payback period for each product. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Product A Product EB Payback period years years 2. Calculate the net present value for each product. (Round answers to the nearest dollar.) Product A Product B Net present value 3. Calculate the project profitability index for each product. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Product A Product B Project profitability index 4. Calculate the simple rate of return for each product. (Round percentage answer to 1 decimal place. i.e. 0.1234 should be considered as 12.3%.) Product A Product B Simple rate of return 5a. For each measure, identify whether Product A or Product B is preferred. Net Present Value Profitability Payback Index Period 5b. Based on the simple rate of return, Lou Barlow would likely: O Accept Product A O Accept Product B O Reject both products