Stuart Delivery is a small company that transports business packages between New York and Chicago. It operates a fleet of small vans that moves packages to and from a central depot depots in the two cities. Stuart Delivery George Hay, is trying to identify the most profitable way to invest these funds within each city and uses a common carrier to deliver the packages between the recently acquired approximately $70 million of cash capital from its owners, and its president, Todd Payne, the company's operations manager, believes that the money should be used to expand the fleet of city vans at a cost of $770,000. He argues that more vans would enable the company to expand its services into new markets revenue base. More specifically, he expects an average capital of $41,000, which will be recovered at the end of the fourth year , thereby increasing the cash inflows to increase by $290,000 per year. The additional vans are expected to have useful life of four years and a combined salvage value of $106,000. Operating the vans will require additional working In contrast, Oscar Vance, the company's chief accountant, believes that the funds should be used to purchase large trucks to d the packages between the depots in the two cities. The conversion process would produce continuing improvement in operating savings and reduce cash outflows as follows: Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4 $166,000 $315,00 $396,800 $432,00 The large trucks are expected to cost $850,000 and to have a four-year useful life and a $82,000 salvage value. In addition to the purchase price of the trucks, up-front training costs are expected to amount to $11,000. Stuart Delivery's management has established a 8 percent desired rate of retum. (PV of S1 and PVA of 5) (Use appropriate factor(a) from the tables provided.) Required a.&b. Determine the net present value and present value index for each investment alternative. (Enter answers in whole dollar, not in million. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.) Purchase of City Purchase of Vans Trucks a. |Net Present Value (NPV) b. Present Value Index (PVI)