Required: 1-a. Complete the following table showing the totals. (Enter your answers in whole dollars, not in millions.)

1-b. Does Beacon Company favor automation?

2. Determine the project's accounting rate of return. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

3. Determine the project's payback period. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

4. Using a discount rate of 14 percent, calculate the net present value (NPV) of the proposed investment. (Future Value of $1, Present Value of $1, Future Value Annuity of $1, Present Value Annuity of $1.) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter the answer in whole dollars.)

5. Recalculate the NPV using a 9 percent discount rate. (Future Value of $1, Present Value of $1, Future Value Annuity of $1, Present Value Annuity of $1.) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter the answer in whole dollars.)

2. Determine the project's accounting rate of return. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Accounting rate of return % 3. Determine the project's payback period. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Payback period years 5. Recalculate the NPV using a 9 percent discount rate. (Future Value of $1, Present Value of $1, Future Value Annuity of $1, Present Value Annuity of $1.) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter the answer in whole dollars.) Net present value