The capital investment committee of Ellis Transport and Storage Inc. is considering two investment projects. The estimated income from operations and net cash flows from each investment are as follows:

	Warehouse					Tracking Technology
Year	Income from Operations		Net Cash Flow			Income from Operations		Net Cash Flow
1	$42,000		$137,000			$88,000		$219,000
2	42,000		137,000			67,000		185,000
3	42,000		137,000			34,000		130,000
4	42,000		137,000			15,000		89,000
5	42,000		137,000			6,000		62,000
Total	$210,000		$685,000			$210,000		$685,000

Each project requires an investment of $420,000. Straight-line depreciation will be used, and no residual value is expected. The committee has selected a rate of 15% for purposes of the net present value analysis.

Present Value of $1 at Compound Interest
Year	6%	10%	12%	15%	20%
1	0.943	0.909	0.893	0.870	0.833
2	0.890	0.826	0.797	0.756	0.694
3	0.840	0.751	0.712	0.658	0.579
4	0.792	0.683	0.636	0.572	0.482
5	0.747	0.621	0.567	0.497	0.402
6	0.705	0.564	0.507	0.432	0.335
7	0.665	0.513	0.452	0.376	0.279
8	0.627	0.467	0.404	0.327	0.233
9	0.592	0.424	0.361	0.284	0.194
10	0.558	0.386	0.322	0.247	0.162

Required:

1a. Compute the average rate of return for each investment.

	Average Rate of Return
Warehouse	fill in the blank 1%
Tracking Technology	fill in the blank 2 Incorrect %

1b. Compute the net present value for each investment. Use the present value of $1 table above. If required, use the minus sign to indicate a negative net present value. If required, round to the nearest dollar.

	Warehouse	Tracking Technology
Present value of net cash flow total	$fill in the blank 3	$fill in the blank 4
Less amount to be invested	$fill in the blank 5	$fill in the blank 6
Net present value	$fill in the blank 7	$fill in the blank 8

2. The warehouse has a

larger/smaller

net present value as tracking technology cash flows occurs

earlier more/evenly later

in time. Thus, if only one of the two projects can be accepted, the

tracking/technology warehouse

would be the more attractive.