Problem 11-21 (similar to)

(Risk-adjusted discount rates and risk classes)

The G. Wolfe Corporation is examining two capital-budgeting projects with 5-year lives. The first, project A, is a replacement project; the second, project B, is a project unrelated to current operations. The G. Wolfe Corporation uses the risk-adjusted discount rate method and groups projects according to purpose, and then it uses a required rate of return or discount rate that has been preassigned to that purpose or risk class. The expected cash flows for these projects are given in the below numbers,

	PROJECT A	PROJECT B
Initial investment	-280000	-380000
Cash inflows:
Year 1	120000	130000
Year 2	20000	130000
Year 3	40000	130000
Year 4	90000	130000
Year 5	120000	130000

. The purpose/risk classes and preassigned required rates of return are shown in the below numbers,

PURPOSE	REQUIRED RATE OF RETURN
Replacement decision	12%
Modification or expansion of existing product line	15%
Project unrelated to current operations	18%
Research and development operations	20%

. Determine each project's risk-adjusted net present value.