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 Product B $ 280,000 $ 480,000 Initial investment Cost of equipment (zero salvage value) Annual revenues and contai Sales revenues Variable expenses Depreciation expense Fixed out-of-pocket operating costs $ 330,000 $ 152,000 $ 56,000 $ 78,000 $430,000 $ 202,000 $ 95.000 $60,000 The company's discount rate is 14%. 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 prefeled. 66. Based on the simple rate of return, Lou Barlow would likely: Prev 2012 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. Reg1 Rega Req3 Rega Reas ReqGA Req 6B Based on the simple rate of return, Lou Barlow would likely: Accept Product A OAccept Product B Reject both products Rea SA Prev 2 of 2 Next