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Cardinal Company is considering a five-year project that would require a $2,810,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. The companys discount rate is 16%. The project would provide net operating income in each of five years as follows:

Sales			$	2,847,000
Variable expenses				1,121,000
Contribution margin				1,726,000
Fixed expenses:
Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs	$	782,000
Depreciation		562,000
Total fixed expenses				1,344,000
Net operating income			$	382,000

Click here to view Exhibit 13B-1 and Exhibit 13B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.

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Required information

Required:

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Which item(s) in the income statement shown above will not affect cash flows? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer.)

Sales

Variable expenses

Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs expenses

Depreciation expense

2.

2-a.	What are the projects annual net cash inflows?

2-b.

What is the present value of the projects annual net cash inflows? (Round discount factor to 3 decimal places)

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3.

What is the projects net present value? (Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

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What is the project profitability index for this project? (Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places and final answer to 2 decimal places.)

6. What is the projects internal rate of return? (Round your answer to nearest whole percent.)

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What is the projects payback period? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) 8. What is the projects simple rate of return for each of the five years? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. i.e. 0.12342 should be considered as 12.34%.) 9. If the companys discount rate was 18% instead of 16%, would you expect the project's net present value to be higher, lower, or the same? 10. If the equipment had a salvage value of $300,000 at the end of five years, would you expect the projects payback period to be higher, lower, or the same? 11. If the equipment had a salvage value of $300,000 at the end of five years, would you expect the project's net present value to be higher, lower, or the same? 12. If the equipment had a salvage value of $300,000 at the end of five years, would you expect the projects simple rate of return to be higher, lower, or the same? 13. Assume a postaudit showed that all estimates (including total sales) were exactly correct except for the variable expense ratio, which actually turned out to be 45%. What was the projects actual net present value? (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places, intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.) 14. Assume a postaudit showed that all estimates (including total sales) were exactly correct except for the variable expense ratio, which actually turned out to be 45%. What was the projects actual payback period? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) 15. Assume a postaudit showed that all estimates (including total sales) were exactly correct except for the variable expense ratio, which actually turned out to be 45%. What was the projects actual simple rate of return? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. i.e. 0.12342 should be considered as 12.34%.)