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 $25\%$ each of the

last three years. He computed the following cost and revenue estimates for each product:

The company's discount rate is $17\%.$

Click here to view Exhibit $14$B$-1$ and Exhibit $14$B$-2,$ to determine the appropriate discount factor$($s$)$ using tables.

Required:

Calculate each product's payback period.

Calculate each product's net present value.

Calculate each product's internal rate of return.

Calculate each product's profitability index.

Calculate each product's simple rate of return.

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

$6b.$ Based on the simple rate of return, which of the two products should Lou's division accept?

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Calculate each product's payback period.

Note: Round your answers to $2$ decimal places.