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 ralses are determined by his division's return on investment (ROI), which has exceeded 20% each of the last three years. He has computed the cost and revenue estimates for each product as follows: Product A Product B $ 250, eee $ 470,eee Initial investment: Cost of equipment (zero salvage value) Annual revenues and costs: Sales revenues Variable expenses Depreciation expense Fixed out-of-pocket operating costs $ 310, eee $ 144, eee $ 52,000 $ 76,000 $ 410, eee $ 194, eee $ 94, eee $ 58, Bee The company's discount rate is 18%. Click here to view Exhibit 7B-1 and Exhibit 7B-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. 66. Based on the simple rate of return, Lou Barlow would likely Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Reg 1 Reg 2 Reg 3 Reg 4 Reg 5 Req 6A Reg 6B Calculate the payback period for each product. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Product A Product B Payback period years years Red Req 2 > Reg 1 Reg 2 Reg 3 Reg 4 Reg 5 Reg 6A Reg 6B Calculate the net present value for each product. (Round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.) Product A Product B Net present value Reg 1 Reg 2 Reg 3 Reg 4 Reg 5 Req 6A Reg 6B Calculate the internal rate of return for each product. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place i.e. 0.123 should be considered as 12.3%.) Product A Product B Internal rate of return 96 Reg 1 Reg 2 Reg 3 Reg 4 Reg 5 Reg 6A Reg 6B Calculate the project profitability index for each product. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Product A Product B Project profitability index Reg 1 Reg 2 Reg 3 Reg 4 Reg 5 Reg 6A Reg 6B Calculate the simple rate of return for each product. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place i.e. 0.123 should be considered as 12.3%.) Product B Product A 967 Simple rate of return Reg 1 Reg 2 Reg 3 Reg 4 Reg 5 Reg 6A Reg 6B For each measure, identify whether Product A or Product B is preferred. Net Present Value Profitability Index Payback Period Internal Rate Simple Rate of of Return Return Req 1 Reg 2 Reg 3 Reg 4 Reg 5 Reg 6A Reg 6B Based on the simple rate of return, Lou Barlow would likely: Accept Product A Accept Product B Reject both products