Question 3 (40 marks) Southern Fitness Club provides sports and physical fitness to the public. It plans to invest in a new sports equipment, Model Superior, to attract more potential members to join the club. The cost of this sports equipment is $1 million and has an economic life of 5 years. It is expected to produce net annual cash receipts of $250,000 at Years 1 and 2; $350,000 from Years 3 to 5. The scrap value at the end of its economic life is expected to be $50,000. One of the directors has proposed considering inexpensive sports equipment, Model Economy, which costs only 70% of Model Superior. It is expected that the organization can earn an annual profit of $86,000 at the end of each year for the estimated useful life of 5 years for this equipment. Model Economy will have a scrap value of $30,000 at the end of its useful life. The organization may rent comparable sports equipment, Model Affordable, from the sports equipment manufacturer. However, it needs to pay an upfront alliance fee of $500,000 to the equipment manufacturer, which lasts for five years. Yet, the manufacturer limits the annual usage rate for the rental sports equipment to 3,000 times. The organization has confidence that its members will use the sports equipment to the limitation imposed by the manufacturer. Also, the organization can charge its members $80 for each use of this equipment. To maintain the equipment functions, the organization can contract with a local well-known maintenance company for servicing. The monthly maintenance charge is expected to be $7,000. However, the maintenance company offers a 2% discount if the organization signs a repair and maintenance contract for five years. This special offer also allows the organization to make annual payments by the end of each year instead of making monthly payments for the services. It is expected the organization will accept this special offer if this rental option is chosen. The cost of capital for the organization is 12% per annum. The organization uses the straight- line method to account for the depreciation of equipment. Required: (All workings should be rounded to 4 decimal places, if applicable.) (e) Determine the IRR for Model Afford using the calculation method and checking it by the MS Excel built-in function. Advise which sports equipment model Southern Fitness Club should choose based on the IRR method. (15 marks) Advise Southern Fitness Club which method discussed above is more appropriate for decision-making on capital budgeting, and state the advantages of that method. (6 marks)