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Peach Corporation is considering several investment proposals, as shown below: Investment Proposal Investment required $140,000 $175,000 $105,000 $131,250 Present value of future net cash flows $168,000 $262,500 $147,000 $300,000 If the project profitability index is used, the ranking of the projects from most to least profitable would be: Multiple Choice B,D, C, A A, C, B, D C Corporation is investigating automating a process by purchasing a machine for $797,400 that would have a 9 year useful life and no salvage value. By automating the process, the company would save $135,000 per year in cash operating costs. The new machine would replace some old equipment that would be sold for scrap now, yielding $21,600. The annual depreciation on the new machine would be $88,600. The simple rate of return on the investment is closest to (Ignore income taxes.): Multiple Choice 16.76% 516% J Corporation has gathered the following data on a proposed investment project (Ignore income taxes.): Investment required in equipment Annual cash inflows $34,500 7,800 Salvage value of equipment Life of the investment 15 years Required rate of return 10% The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur uniformly throughout a year except for the initial investment. The simple rate of return for the investment (rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent) is