NPVSimes Innovations, Inc., is negotiating to purchase exclusive rights to manufacture and market a solar-powered toy car. The car's inventor has offered Simes the choice of either a one-time payment of

$2,200,000

today or a series of

8

year-end payments of

$375,000.

a.If Simes has a cost of capital of

14%,

which form of payment should it choose?

b.What yearly payment would make the two offers identical in value at a cost of capital of

14%?

c.What

would

be your answer to part a of this problem if the yearly payments were made at the beginning of eachyear?

d.The after-tax cash inflows associated with this purchase are projected to amount to

$243,750

per year for 15 years. Will this factor change the firm's decision about how to fund the initital investment?