Perit Industries has $140,000 to invest. The company is trying to decide between two alternative uses of the funds. The alternatives are:

	Project A	Project B
Cost of equipment required	$140,000	$0
Working capital investment required	$0	$140,000
Annual cash inflows	$23,000	$67,000
Salvage value of equipment in six years	$8,500	$0
Life of the project	6 years	6 years

The working capital needed for project B will be released at the end of six years for investment elsewhere. Perit Industries discount rate is 17%.

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

Required:

a.	Calculate net present value for each project.

b.

Which investment alternative (if either) would you recommend that the company accept?

	Project B
	Project A

rev: 12_08_2015_CS-35602, 08_18_2016_QC_CS-56848, 11_10_2016_QC_CS-66978, 11_26_2016_QC_CS-70603

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