Star Company is considering production of a surface tablet with the following associated data:
| Expected annual revenues, $3,000,000. |
| A projected product life cycle of five years. |
| Equipment costs $3,200,000 with a salvage value of $400,000 after five years. |
| Expected increase in working capital, $400,000 (recoverable at the end of five years). |
| Annual cash operating expenses are estimated at $1,800,000. |
| The required rate of return is 12 percent. |
Requirement 1: Fill the following chart
Requirement 2 : NPV =
Would this project be accepted or rejected?
Requirement 3:
Assume that the cost of equipment is now changed to $5,600,000 instead of the initial $3,600,000 and all the other estimations for the cash flows remain the same as stated earlier.
If an answer is negative, enter the value with - sign.
The Estimate of the annual cash flow for year 0 is :
The revised NPV is:
Would this project be accepted or rejected?
Discount Year Cash Flow Factor Present Value 0 $ $ 1 $ S $ 2 $ 3 $ S 4 $ $ $ $ 5 Net Present Value S EXHIBIT 14A.1 Discount FactorsPresent Value of a Single Amount* n/i 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 20% 25% 30% 1 0.99010 0.98039 0.97087 0.96154 0.95238 0.94340 0.93458 0.92593 0.91743 0.90909 0.89286 0.87719 0.86207 0.84746 0.83333 0.80000 0.76923 2 0.98030 0.96117 0.94260 0.92456 0.90703 0.89000 0.87344 0.85734 0.84168 0.82645 0.79719 0.76947 0.74316 0.71818 0.69444 0.64000 0.59172 3 0.97059 0.94232 0.91514 0.88900 0.86384 0.83962 0.81630 0.79383 0.77218 0.75131 0.71178 0.67497 0.64066 0.60863 0.57870 0.51200 0.45517 4 0.96098 0.92385 0.88849 0.85480 0.82270 0.79209 0.76290 0.73503 0.70843 0.68301 0.63552 0.59208 0.55229 0.51579 0.48225 0.40960 0.35013 5 0.95147 0.90573 0.86261 0.82193 0.78353 0.74726 0.71299 0.68058 0.64993 0.62092 0.56743 0.51937 0.47611 0.43711 0.40188 0.32768 0.26933 6 0.94205 0.88797 0.83748 0.79031 0.74622 0.70496 0.66634 0.63017 0.59627 0.56447 0.50663 0.45559 0.41044 0.37043 0.33490 0.26214 0.20718 7 0.93272 0.87056 0.81309 0.75992 0.71068 0.66506 0.62275 0.58349 0.54703 0.51316 0.45235 0.39964 0.35383 0.31393 0.27908 0.20972 0.15937 8 0.92348 0.85349 0.78941 0.73069 0.67684 0.62741 0.58201 0.54027 0.50187 0.46651 0.40388 0.35056 0.30503 0.26604 0.23257 0.16777 0.12259 9 0.91434 0.83676 0.76642 0.70259 0.64461 0.59190 0.54393 0.50025 0.46043 0.42410 0.36061 0.30751 0.26295 0.22546 0.19381 0.13422 0.09430 10 0.90529 0.82035 0.74409 0.67556 0.61391 0.55839 0.50835 0.46319 0.42241 0.38554 0.32197 0.26974 0.22668 0.19106 0.16151 0.10737 0.07254 11 0.89632 0.80426 0.72242 0.64958 0.58468 0.52679 0.47509 0.42888 0.38753 0.35049 0.28748 0.23662 0.19542 0.16192 0.13459 0.08590 0.05580 12 0.88745 0.78849 0.70138 0.62460 0.55684 0.49697 0.44401 0.39711 0.35553 0.31863 0.25668 0.20756 0.16846 0.13722 0.11216 0.06872 0.04292 13 0.87866 0.77303 0.68095 0.60057 0.53032 0.46884 0.41496 0.36770 0.32618 0.28966 0.22917 0.18207 0.14523 0.11629 0.09346 0.05498 0.03302 14 0.86996 0.75788 0.66112 0.57748 0.50507 0.44230 0.38782 0.34046 0.29925 0.26333 0.20462 0.15971 0.12520 0.09855 0.07789 0.04398 0.02540 15 0.86135 0.74301 0.64186 0.55526 0.48102 0.41727 0.36245 0.31524 0.27454 0.23939 0.18270 0.14010 0.10793 0.08352 0.06491 0.03518 0.01954 16 0.85282 0.72845 0.62317 0.53391 0.45811 0.39365 0.33873 0.29189 0.25187 0.21763 0.16312 0.12289 0.09304 0.07078 0.05409 0.02815 0.01503 17 0.84438 0.71416 0.60502 0.51337 0.43630 0.37136 0.31657 0.27027 0.23107 0.19784 0.14564 0.10780 0.08021 0.05998 0.04507 0.02252 0.01156 18 0.83602 0.70016 0.58739 0.49363 0.41552 0.35034 0.29586 0.25025 0.21199 0.17986 0.13004 0.09456 0.06914 0.05083 0.03756 0.01801 0.00889 19 0.82774 0.68643 0.57029 0.47464 0.39573 0.33051 0.27651 0.23171 0.19449 0.16351 0.11611 0.08295 0.05961 0.04308 0.03130 0.01441 0.00684 20 0.81954 0.67297 0.55368 0.45639 0.37689 0.31180 0.25842 0.21455 0.17843 0.14864 0.10367 0.07276 0.05139 0.03651 0.02608 0.01153 0.00526 21 0.81143 0.65978 0.53755 0.43883 0.35894 0.29416 0.24151 0.19866 0.16370 0.13513 0.09256 0.06383 0.04430 0.03094 0.02174 0.00922 0.00405 22 0.80340 0.64684 0.52189 0.42196 0.34185 0.27751 0.22571 0.18394 0.15018 0.12285 0.08264 0.05599 0.03819 0.02622 0.01811 0.00738 0.00311 23 0.79544 0.63416 0.50669 0.40573 0.32557 0.26180 0.21095 0.17032 0.13778 0.11168 0.07379 0.04911 0.03292 0.02222 0.01509 0.00590 0.00239 24 0.78757 0.62172 0.49193 0.39012 0.31007 0.24698 0.19715 0.15770 0.12640 0.10153 0.06588 0.04308 0.02838 0.01883 0.01258 0.00472 0.00184 25 0.77977 0.60953 0.47761 0.37512 0.29530 0.23300 0.18425 0.14602 0.11597 0.09230 0.05882 0.03779 0.02447 0.01596 0.01048 0.00378 0.00142 26 0.77205 0.59758 0.46369 0.36069 0.28124 0.21981 0.17220 0.13520 0.10639 0.08391 0.05252 0.03315 0.02109 0.01352 0.00874 0.00302 0.00109 27 0.76440 0.58586 0.45019 0.34682 0.26785 0.20737 0.16093 0.12519 0.09761 0.07628 0.04689 0.02908 0.01818 0.01146 0.00728 0.00242 0.00084 28 0.75684 0.57437 0.43708 0.33348 0.25509 0.19563 0.15040 0.11591 0.08955 0.06934 0.04187 0.02551 0.01567 0.00971 0.00607 0.00193 0.00065 29 0.74934 0.56311 0.42435 0.32065 0.24295 0.18456 0.14056 0.10733 0.08215 0.06304 0.03738 0.02237 0.01351 0.00823 0.00506 0.00155 0.00050 30 0.74192 0.55207 0.41199 0.30832 0.23138 0.17411 0.13137 0.09938. 0.07537 0.05731 0.03338 0.01963 0.01165 0.00697 0.00421 0.00124 0.00038 * df = 1/(1 + i)
