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 25% 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)	$	340,000		$	540,000
Annual revenues and costs:
Sales revenues	$	390,000		$	490,000
Variable expenses	$	176,000		$	226,000
Depreciation expense	$	68,000		$	108,000
Fixed out-of-pocket operating costs	$	84,000		$	64,000

The companys discount rate is 18%.

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

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.

5. Calculate the simple rate of return for each product.

6a. For each measure, identify whether Product A or Product B is preferred.

6b. Based on the simple rate of return, Lou Barlow would likely:

Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1 Req 2 Req 3 Req 4 Req 5 Req 6A Req 6B Calculate the payback period for each product. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Product A Product B Payback period years years Req1 Req 2> Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1 Req 2 Req 3 Req 4 Req 5 Req 6A Req 6B Calculate the net present value for each product. (Round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar ame Product A Product B Net present value Req 1 Req 3 > Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1 Req 2 Req 3 Req 4 Req 5 Req 6A Req 6B Calculate the internal rate of return for each product. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place i.e. 0.123 should as 12.3%.) Product A Product B Internal rate of return Req 2 Req 4 Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1 Req 2 Req 3 Req 4 Req 5 Req 6A Req 6B Calculate the project profitability index for each product. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Product A Product B Project profitability index Req 3 Req 5 > Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1 Req 2 Req 3 Req 4 Req 5 Req 6A Req 6B Calculate the simple rate of return for each product. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place i.e. 0.123 as 12.3%.) ProductA Product B Simple rate of return Req 4 Req 6A> Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1 Req 3 For each measure, identify whether Product A or Product B is preferred. Net Present Profitability Payback Internal Rate Simple Rate of Req 2 Req 4 Req 5 Req 6A Req 6B Value of Return Retdn Index Period Return Req 5 Req 6B Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Req 1 Req 2 Req 3 Req 4 Req 5 Req 6A Req 6B Based on the simple rate of return, Lou Barlow would likely: Accept Product A OAccept Product B OReject both products Req 6A Req 6B