Outside Inn Hotels is considering the construction of a new hotel for $81 million. The expected life of the hotel is 7 years with no residual value. The hotel is expected to earn revenues of $22 million per year. Total expenses, including depreciation, are expected to be $16 million per year. Outside Inn management has set a minimum acceptable rate of return of 9%. Assume straight-line depreciation.

Present Value of an Annuity of $1 at Compound Interest
Periods	8%	9%	10%	11%	12%	13%	14%
1	0.92593	0.91743	0.90909	0.90090	0.89286	0.88496	0.87719
2	1.78326	1.75911	1.73554	1.71252	1.69005	1.66810	1.64666
3	2.57710	2.53129	2.48685	2.44371	2.40183	2.36115	2.32163
4	3.31213	3.23972	3.16987	3.10245	3.03735	2.97447	2.91371
5	3.99271	3.88965	3.79079	3.69590	3.60478	3.51723	3.43308
6	4.62288	4.48592	4.35526	4.23054	4.11141	3.99755	3.88867
7	5.20637	5.03295	4.86842	4.71220	4.56376	4.42261	4.28830
8	5.74664	5.53482	5.33493	5.14612	4.96764	4.79677	4.63886
9	6.24689	5.99525	5.75902	5.53705	5.32825	5.13166	4.94637
10	6.71008	6.41766	6.14457	5.88923	5.65022	5.42624	5.21612

a. Determine the equal annual net cash flows from operating the hotel. Round to the nearest million dollars. $fill in the blank 1 million

b. Compute the net present value of the new hotel using the present value of an annuity of $1 table above. Round to the nearest million dollars. If required, use the minus sign to indicate a negative net present value. Net present value of hotel project: $fill in the blank 2 million

c. Does your analysis support the purchase of the new hotel?

YesNoYes

, because the net present value is

positivenegativepositive

.