Zachary Manufacturing Company has an opportunity to purchase some technologically advanced equipment that will reduce the companys cash outflow for operating expenses by $1,275,000 per year. The cost of the equipment is $7,216,872.30. Zachary expects it to have a 12-year useful life and a zero salvage value. The company has established an investment opportunity hurdle rate of 15 percent and uses the straight-line method for depreciation. (PV of $1 and PVA of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)

Calculate the internal rate of return of the investment opportunity. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Indicate whether the investment opportunity should be accepted.

TABLE 2 PRESENT VALUE OF AN ANNUITY OF $1 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 12% 14% 16% 20% 1 0.961538 0.952381 0.943396 0.934579 0.925926 0.917431 0.909091 0.892857 0.877193 0.862069 0.833333 2 1886095 1.859410 1.833393 1.808018 1.783265 1.759111 1.735537 1690051 1.646661 1.605232 1527778 3 2.775091 2.723248 2.673012 2.624316 2.577097 2.531295 2.486852 2.401831 2.321632 2.245890 2.106481 4 3.629895 3.545951 3.465106 3.387211 3.312127 3.239720 3.169865 3.037349 2.913712 2.798181 2.588735 5 4.451822 4.329477 4.212364 4.100197 3.992710 3.889651 3.790787 3.604776 3.433081 3.274294 2.990612 6 5.242137 5.075692 4.917324 4.766540 4.622880 4.485919 4.355261 4.111407 3.888668 3.684736 3.325510 7 6.002055 5.786373 5.582381 5.389289 5.206370 5.032953 4.868419 4.563757 4.288305 4.038565 3.604592 8 6.732745 6.463213 6.209794 5.971299 5.746639 5.534819 5.334926 4.967640 4.638864 4.343591 3.837160 9 7.435332 7107822 6.801692 6.515232 6.246888 5.995247 5.759024 5.328250 4.946372 4.606544 4.030967 10 8.110896 7.721735 7.360087 7.023582 6.710081 6.417658 6.144567 5.650223 5.216116 4.833227 4.192472 11 8.760477 8.306414 7.886875 7.498674 7138964 6.805191 6.495061 5.937699 5.452733 5.028644 4.327060O 12 9.385074 8.863252 8.383844 942686 7.536078 60725 6.813692 6.194374 5.660292 5.197107 4.439217 13 9.985648 9.393573 8.852683 8.357651 7.903776 7.486904 7103356 6.423548 5.842362 5.342334 4.532681 14 10.563123 9.898641 9.294984 8.745468 8.244237 7.786150 7.366687 6.628168 6.002072 5.467529 4.610567 15 11.11838710.379658 9.712249 9.107914 8.559479 8.060688 7606080 6.810864 6.142168 5.575456 4.675473 16 11.652296 10.837770 10.105895 9.446649 8.851369 8.312558 7.823709 6.973986 6.265060 5.668497 4.729561 17 12.165669 11.274066 10.477260 9.763223 9121638 8.5436318.021553 7119630 6.372859 5.748704 4.774634 18 12.659297 11.689587 10.827603 10.059087 9.371887 8.755625 8.201412 7.249670 6.467420 5.817848 4.812195 19 13.133939 12.085321 11158116 10.335595 9.603599 8.905115 8.364920 7.365777 6.550369 5.877455 4.843496 20 13.590326 12.462210 11.469921 10.594014 9.818147 9.128546 8.513564 7.469444 6.623131 5.928841 4.869580 TABLE1 PRESENT VALUE OF $1 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 12% 14% 16% 20% 1 0.961538 0.952381 0.943396 0.934579 0.925926 0.917431 0.909091 0.892857 0.877193 0.862069 0.833333 2 0.924556 0.907029 0.889996 0.873439 0.857339 0.841680 0.826446 0.797194 0.769468 0.743163 0.694444 3 0.888996 0.863838 0.839619 0.816298 0.793832 0.772183 0.751315 0.711780 0.674972 0.640658 0.578704 4 0.854804 0.822702 0.792094 0.762895 0.735030 0.708425 0.683013 0.635518 0.592080 0.552291 0.482253 5 0.821927 0.783526 0.747258 0.712986 0.680583 0.649931 0.620921 0.567427 0.519369 0.476113 0.401878 6 0.790315 0.746215 0.704961 0.666342 0.630170 0.596267 0.564474 0.506631 0.455587 0.410442 0.334898 7 0.759918 0.710681 0.665057 0.622750 0.583490 0.547034 0.513158 0.452349 0.399637 0.353830 0.279082 8 0.730690 0.676839 0.627412 0.582009 0.540269 0.501866 0.466507 0.403883 0.350559 0.305025 0.232568 9 0.702587 0.644609 0.591898 0.543934 0.500249 0.460428 0.424098 0.360610 0.307508 0.262953 0.193807 10 0.675564 0.613913 0.558395 0.508349 0.463193 0.422411 0.385543 0.321973 0.269744 0.226684 0.161506 11 0.649581 0.584679 0.526788 0.475093 0.428883 0.387533 0.350494 0.287476 0.236617 0.195417 0.134588 12 0.624597 0.556837 0.496969 0.444012 0.397114 0.355535 0.318631 0.256675 0.207559 0168463 0.112157 13 0.600574 0.530321 0.468839 0.414964 0.367698 0.326179 0.289664 0.229174 0.182069 0.145227 0.093464 14 0.577475 0.505068 0.442301 0.387817 0.340461 0.2992460.263331 0.204620 0.159710 0125195 0.077887 15 0.555265 0.481017 0.417265 0.362446 0.315242 0.274538 0.239392 0.182696 0.140096 0.107927 0.064905 16 0.533908 0.458112 0.393646 0.338735 0.291890 0.251870 0.217629 0.163122 0.122892 0.093041 0.054088 17 0.513373 0.436297 0.371364 0.316574 0.270269 0.231073 0.197845 0.145644 0.107800 0.080207 0.045073 18 0.493628 0.415521 0.350344 0.295864 0.250249 0.211994 0.179859 0.130040 0.094561 0.069144 0.037561 19 0.474642 0.395734 0.330513 0.276508 0.231712 0.194490 0.163508 0.116107 0.082948 0.059607 0.031301 20 0.456387 0.376889 0.311805 0.258419 0.214548 0178431 0.148644 0.103667 0.072762 0.051385 0.026084