The Riteway Ad Agency provides cars for its sales staff. In the past, the company has always purchased its cars from a dealer and then sold the cars after three years of use. The company's present fleet of cars is three years old and will be sold very shortly. To provide a replacement fleet, the company is considering two alternatives: Purchase alternative: The company can purchase the cars, as in the past, and sell the cars after three years of use. Ten cars will be needed, which can be purchased at a discounted price of $19,000 each. If this alternative is accepted, the following costs will be incurred on the fleet as a whole: Annual cost of servicing, taxes, and licensing Repairs, first year Repairs, second year Repairs, third year $ 5,200 $ 3,100 $ 5,600 $ 7,600 At the end of three years, the fleet could be sold for one-half of the original purchase price. Lease alternative: The company can lease the cars under a three-year lease contract. The lease cost would be $71,000 per year (the first payment due the end of Year 1). As part of this lease cost, the owner would provide all servicing and repairs, license the cars, and pay all the taxes. Riteway would be required to make a $15,500 security deposit at the beginning of the lease period, which would be refunded when the cars were returned to the owner at the end of the lease con ct. Riteway Ad Agency's required rate of return is 15%. Click here to view Exhibit 12B-1 and Exhibit 12B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables. Required: (Use the present value factor tables linked above or in the course packet to do any present value calculations in order to avoid being marked wrong for rounding errors.) Note that in this problem, both options will have a negative NPV, but the company needs a fleet of cars, so they have to choose one or the other. Your job is to figure out which option is least costly (i.e., which NPV is less negative). 1. What is the net present value of the cash flows associated with the purchase alternative? 2. What is the net present value of the cash flows associated with the lease alternative? 3. Which alternative should the company accept? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required 1 Required 2 Required 3 What is the net present value of the cash flows associated with the purchase alternative? (Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount. Enter negative amount with a minus sign.) Net present value
