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Grouper Industries is considering the purchase of new equipment costing $1,500,000 to replace existing equipment that will be sold for $110.000. The new equipment is expected to have a $210,000 salvage value at the end of its 5-year life. During the period of its use, the equipment will allow the company to produce and sell an additional 20,000 units annually at a sales price of $45 per unit. Those units will have a variable cost of S22 per unit. The company will also incur an additional $80,000 in annual fixed costs. Click here to view the factor table (a) Calculate the net present value of the proposed equipment purchase. Assume that Grouper uses a 10% discount rate. (For calculation purposes, use 4 decimal places as displayed in the factor table provided and round final answer to decimal place, a.s. 58,971. Enter negative amount using a negative sign preceding the number eg.-59.992 or parentheses eg. (59.9921) Net present value $ (b) Do you recommend that Grouper Industries Invest in the new equipment? APPENDIX 9.1 Present value of $1 received in n periods. 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% Periods 1 10% 11% 12% 13% 16% 20% 0.8929 WN 0.9615 0.9246 0.8890 0.8548 0.8219 0.9524 0.9070 0.8638 0.8227 0.7835 0.9434 0.8900 0.8396 0.7921 0.7473 0.9346 0.8734 0.8163 0.7629 0.7130 0.9259 0.8573 0.7938 0.7350 0.6806 0.9174 0.8417 0.7722 0.7084 0.6499 0.9091 0.8264 0.7513 0.6830 0.6209 0.9009 0.8116 0.7312 0.6587 0.5935 0.8850 0.7831 0.6931 0.6133 0.5428 0.7972 0.7118 0.6355 0.5674 14% 0.8772 0.7695 0.6750 0.5921 0.5194 0.8621 0.7432 0.6407 0.5523 0.4761 18% 0.8475 0.7182 0.6086 0.5158 0.4371 4 0.8333 0.6944 0.5782 0.4823 0.4019 5 6 7 8 9 10 0.7903 0.7599 0.7307 0.7026 0.6756 0.7462 0.7107 0.6768 0.6446 0.6139 0.7050 0.6651 0.6274 0.5919 0.5584 0.6663 0.6227 0.5820 0.5439 0.5083 0.6302 0.5835 0.5403 0.5002 0.4632 0.5963 0.5470 0.5019 0.4604 0.4224 0.5645 0.5132 0.4665 0.4241 0.3855 0.5346 0.4817 0.4339 0.3909 0.3522 0.5066 0.4523 0.4039 0.3606 0.3220 0.4803 0.4251 0.3762 0.3329 0.2946 0.4556 0.3996 0.3506 0.3075 0.2697 0.4104 0.3538 0.3050 0.2630 0.2267 0.3704 0.3139 0.2660 0.2255 0.1911 0.3349 0.2791 0.2326 0.1938 0.1615 11 12 13 14 15 0.6496 0.6246 0.6006 0.5775 0.5553 0.5847 0.5568 0.5303 0.5051 0.4810 0.5268 0.4970 0.4688 0.4423 0.4173 0.4751 0.4440 0.4150 0.3878 0.3624 0.4289 0.3971 0.3677 0.3405 0.3152 0.3875 0.3555 0.3262 0.2992 0.2745 0.3505 0.3186 0.2897 0.2633 0.2394 0.3173 0.2875 0.2858 0.2567 0.2575.0.2292 0.2320 0.2046 0.2090 0.1827 0.2607 0.2307 0.2042 0.1807 0.1599 0.2366 0.2076 0.1821 0.1597 0.1401 0.1954 0.1685 0.1452 0.1252 0.1079 0.1619 0.1372 0.1163 0.0985 0.0835 0.1346 0.1122 0.0935 0.0779 0.0649 16 17 18 19 20 0.5339 0.5134 0.4936 0.4746 0.4564 $1 (1 + 0.4581 0.4363 0.4155 0.3957 0.3769 0.3936 0.3714 0.3503 0.3305 0.3118 0.3387 0.3166 0.2959 0.2765 0.2584 0.2919 0.2703 0.2502 0.2317 0.2145 0.2519 0.2311 0.2120 0.1945 0.1784 0.2176 0.1978 0.1799 0.1635 0.1486 0.1883 0.1696 0.1528 0.1377 0.1240 0.1631 0.1456 0.1300 0.1161 0.1037 0.1415 0.1252 0.1108 0.0981 0.0868 0.1229 0.1078 0.0946 0.0829 0.0728 0.0930 0.0802 0.0691 0.0596 0.0514 0.0708 0.0600 0.0508 0.0431 0.0365 0.0541 0.0451 0.0376 0.0313 0.0261 PV = APPENDIX 9.1 Present value of $1 received in n periods. Periods 4% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 11% 13% 16% 18% 20% 1 WN 0.9615 0.9246 0.8890 0.8548 0.8219 5% 0.9524 0.9070 0.8638 0.8227 0.7835 0.9434 0.8900 0.8396 0.7921 0.7473 0.9346 0.8734 0.8163 0.7629 0.7130 0.9259 0.8573 0.7938 0.7350 0.6806 0.9174 0.8417 0.7722 0.7084 0.6499 0.9091 0.8264 0.7513 0.6830 0.6209 0.9009 0.8116 0.7312 0.6587 0.5935 12% 0.8929 0.7972 0.7118 0.6355 0.5674 0.8850 0.7831 0.6931 0.6133 0.5428 14% 0.8772 0.7695 0.6750 0.5921 0.5194 0.8621 0.7432 0.6407 0.5523 0.4761 0.8475 0.7182 0.6086 0.5158 04371 4 5 0.8333 0.6944 0.5787 0.4823 0.4019 6 7 8 9 10 0.7903 0.7599 0.7307 0.7026 0.6756 0.7462 0.7107 0.6768 0.6446 0.6139 0.7050 0.6651 0.6274 0.5919 0.5584 0.6663 0.6227 0.5820 0.5439 0.5083 0.6302 0.5835 0.5403 0.5002 0.4632 0.5963 0.5470 0.5019 0.4604 0.4224 0.5645 0.5132 0.4665 0.4241 0.3855 0.5346 0.4817 0.4339 0.3909 0.3522 0.5066 0.4523 0.4039 0.3606 0.3220 0.4803 0.4251 0.3762 0.3329 0.2946 0.4556 0.3996 0.3506 0.3075 0.2697 0.4104 0.3538 0.3050 0.2630 0.2267 0.3704 0.3139 0.2660 0.2255 0.1911 0.3349 0.2791 0.2326 0.1938 0.1615 11 12 13 14 15 0.6496 0.6246 0.6006 0.5775 0.5553 0.5847 0.5568 0.5303 0.5051 0.4810 0.5268 0.4970 0.4688 0.4423 0.4173 0.4751 0.4440 0.4150 0.3878 0.3624 0.4289 0.3971 0.3677 0.3405 0.3152 0.3875 0.3555 0.3262 0.2992 0.2745 0.350S 0.3186 0.2897 0.2633 0.2394 0.3173 0.2875 0.2858 0.2567 0.2575.0.2292 0.2320 0.2046 0.2090 0.1827 0.2607 0.2307 0.2042 0.1807 0.1599 0.2366 0.2076 0.1821 0.1597 0.1401 0.1954 0.1685 0.1452 0.1252 0.1079 0.1619 0.1372 0.1163 0,0985 0.0835 0.1346 0.1122 0.0935 0.0779 0.0649 16 0.5339 17 0.5134 18 0.4936 19 0.4746 20 0.4564 S1 PV = (1 + 0.4581 0.4363 0.4155 0.3957 0.3769 0.3936 0.3714 0.3503 0.3305 0.3118 0.3387 0.3166 0.2959 0.2765 0.2584 0.2919 0.2703 0.2502 0.2317 0.2145 0.2519 0.2311 0.2120 0.1945 0.1784 0.2176 0.1978 0.1799 0.1635 0.1486 0.1883 0.1696 0.1528 0.1377 0.1240 0.1631 0.1456 0.1300 0.1161 0.1037 0.1415 0.1252 0.1108 0.0981 0.0868 0.1229 0.1078 0.0946 0.0829 0.0728 0.0930 0.0802 0.0691 0.0596 0.0514 0.0708 0.0600 0.0508 0.0431 0.0365 0.0541 0.0451 0.0376 0.0313 0.0261