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Managerial Accounting Question: Cardinal Company is considering a project that would require a $2,750,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years. At

Managerial Accounting Question:

Cardinal Company is considering a project that would require a $2,750,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years. At the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would be sold for its salvage value of $400,000. The companys discount rate is 18%. The project would provide net operating income each year as follows:


Sales			$	2,849,000
Variable expenses				1,122,000

Contribution margin				1,727,000
Fixed expenses:
Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs	$	752,000
Depreciation		470,000

Total fixed expenses				1,222,000

Net operating income			$	505,000

16. Required information

Required:

1.	Which item(s) in the income statement shown above will not affect cash flows? (You may select more than one answer. Click the box with a check mark for correct answers and click to empty the box for the wrong answers.)

Sales

Variable expenses

Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs expenses

Depreciation expense

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17. Required information

2.	What are the projects annual net cash inflows?

18. Required information

Click here to view Exhibit 11B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table.

3.	What is the present value of the projects annual net cash inflows? (Use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

19. Required information

Click here to view Exhibit 11B-1, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table.

4.	What is the present value of the equipments salvage value at the end of five years? (Use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

20. Required information

Click here to view Exhibit 11B-1 and Exhibit 11B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.

5.	What is the projects net present value? (Use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

21. Required information

Click here to view Exhibit 11B-1 and Exhibit 11B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.

6.	What is the project profitability index for this project? (Use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to 2 decimal places.)

22. Required information

7.	What is the projects payback period? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

23. Required information

8.	What is the projects simple rate of return for each of the five years? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. (i.e 0.1234 should be entered as 12.34.))

24. Required information

If the companys discount rate was 20% instead of 18%, would you expect the project's net present value to be higher than, lower than, or the same?

Higher

Lower

Same

25. Required information

10.

If the equipments salvage value was $600,000 instead of $400,000, would you expect the projects payback period to be higher than, lower than, or the same?

Lower

Same

Higher

26. Required information

11.

If the equipments salvage value was $600,000 instead of $400,000, would you expect the project'snet present value to be higher than, lower than, or the same?

Lower

Same

Higher

27. Required information

12.	If the equipments salvage value was $600,000 instead of $400,000, what would be the projects simple rate of return? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. (i.e 0.1234 should be entered as 12.34.))

28. Required information

Click here to view Exhibit 11B-1 and Exhibit 11B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.

13.

Assume a postaudit showed that all estimates (including total sales) were exactly correct except for the variable expense ratio, which actually turned out to be 45%. What was the projects actual net present value? (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s), other intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest whole dollar.)

29. Required information

14.	Assume a postaudit showed that all estimates (including total sales) were exactly correct except for the variable expense ratio, which actually turned out to be 45%. What was the projects actual payback period? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

30. Required information

15.	Assume a postaudit showed that all estimates (including total sales) were exactly correct except for the variable expense ratio, which actually turned out to be 45%. What was the projects actual simple rate of return? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. (i.e 0.1234 should be entered as 12.34.))