The local supermarket is considering investing in self-checkout kiosks for its customers. The self-checkout kiosks will cost $46,500 and have no residual value. Management expects the equipment to result in net cash savings over three years as customers grow accustomed to using the new technology: $16,000 the first year; $20,000 the second year; $24,000 the third year. Assuming a 14% discount rate, what is the NPV of the kiosk investment? Is this a favorable investment? Why or why not? (Click the icon to view the present value of an annuity table.) (Click the icon to view the present value table.) (Click the icon to view the future value of an annuity table.) (Click the icon to view the future value table.) (Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar. Use parentheses or a minus sign for negative net present values.) The NPV is The NPV is and therefore the kiosks favorable investment. Present Value of Annuity of $1 Present Value of $1 \begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline Periods & 1% & 2% & 3% & 4% & 5% & 6% & 8% & 10% & 12% & 14% & 16% & 18% & 20% \\ \hline Period 1 & 0.990 & 0.980 & 0.971 & 0.962 & 0.952 & 0.943 & 0.926 & 0.909 & 0.893 & 0.877 & 0.862 & 0.847 & 0.833 \\ Period 2 & 0.980 & 0.961 & 0.943 & 0.925 & 0.907 & 0.890 & 0.857 & 0.826 & 0.797 & 0.769 & 0.743 & 0.718 & 0.694 \\ Period 3 & 0.971 & 0.942 & 0.915 & 0.889 & 0.864 & 0.840 & 0.794 & 0.751 & 0.712 & 0.675 & 0.641 & 0.609 & 0.579 \\ Period 4 & 0.961 & 0.924 & 0.888 & 0.855 & 0.823 & 0.792 & 0.735 & 0.683 & 0.636 & 0.592 & 0.552 & 0.516 & 0.482 \\ Period 5 & 0.951 & 0.906 & 0.863 & 0.822 & 0.784 & 0.747 & 0.681 & 0.621 & 0.567 & 0.519 & 0.476 & 0.437 & 0.402 \\ Period 6 & 0.942 & 0.888 & 0.837 & 0.790 & 0.746 & 0.705 & 0.630 & 0.564 & 0.507 & 0.456 & 0.410 & 0.370 & 0.335 \\ Period 7 & 0.933 & 0.871 & 0.813 & 0.760 & 0.711 & 0.665 & 0.583 & 0.513 & 0.452 & 0.400 & 0.354 & 0.314 & 0.279 \\ Period 8 & 0.923 & 0.853 & 0.789 & 0.731 & 0.677 & 0.627 & 0.540 & 0.467 & 0.404 & 0.351 & 0.305 & 0.266 & 0.233 \\ Period 9 & 0.914 & 0.837 & 0.766 & 0.703 & 0.645 & 0.592 & 0.500 & 0.424 & 0.361 & 0.308 & 0.263 & 0.225 & 0.194 \\ Period 10 & 0.905 & 0.820 & 0.744 & 0.676 & 0.614 & 0.558 & 0.463 & 0.386 & 0.322 & 0.270 & 0.227 & 0.191 & 0.162 \\ Period 11 & 0.896 & 0.804 & 0.722 & 0.650 & 0.585 & 0.527 & 0.429 & 0.350 & 0.287 & 0.237 & 0.195 & 0.162 & 0.135 \\ Period 12 & 0.887 & 0.788 & 0.701 & 0.625 & 0.557 & 0.497 & 0.397 & 0.319 & 0.257 & 0.208 & 0.168 & 0.137 & 0.112 \\ Period 13 & 0.879 & 0.773 & 0.681 & 0.601 & 0.530 & 0.469 & 0.368 & 0.290 & 0.229 & 0.182 & 0.145 & 0.116 & 0.093 \\ Period 14 & 0.870 & 0.758 & 0.661 & 0.577 & 0.505 & 0.442 & 0.340 & 0.263 & 0.205 & 0.160 & 0.125 & 0.099 & 0.078 \\ Period 15 & 0.861 & 0.743 & 0.642 & 0.555 & 0.481 & 0.417 & 0.315 & 0.239 & 0.183 & 0.140 & 0.108 & 0.084 & 0.065 \\ Period 20 & 0.820 & 0.673 & 0.554 & 0.456 & 0.377 & 0.312 & 0.215 & 0.149 & 0.104 & 0.073 & 0.051 & 0.037 & 0.026 \\ Period 25 & 0.780 & 0.610 & 0.478 & 0.375 & 0.295 & 0.233 & 0.146 & 0.092 & 0.059 & 0.038 & 0.024 & 0.016 & 0.010 \\ Period 30 & 0.742 & 0.552 & 0.412 & 0.308 & 0.231 & 0.174 & 0.099 & 0.057 & 0.033 & 0.020 & 0.012 & 0.007 & 0.004 \\ Period 40 & 0.672 & 0.453 & 0.307 & 0.208 & 0.142 & 0.097 & 0.046 & 0.022 & 0.011 & 0.005 & 0.003 & 0.001 & 0.001 \end{tabular} Future Value of $1