The American Pharmaceutical Company (APC) has a policy that all capital investments must have a four-year or

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The American Pharmaceutical Company (APC) has a policy that all capital investments must have a four-year or less discounted payback period in order to be considered for funding. The MARR at APC is 8% per year. Is the above project able to meet this benchmark for funding?
End of Year Cash Flow
0 ................................ -$275,000
1 ................................ -$35,000
2 ................................ $55,000
3 ................................ $175,000
4 ................................ $250,000
5 ................................ $350,000
6-10 ........................... $100,000
MARR
Minimum Acceptable Rate of Return (MARR), or hurdle rate is the minimum rate of return on a project a manager or company is willing to accept before starting a project, given its risk and the opportunity cost of forgoing other...
Payback Period
Payback period method is a traditional method/ approach of capital budgeting. It is the simple and widely used quantitative method of Investment evaluation. Payback period is typically used to evaluate projects or investments before undergoing them,...
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Engineering Economy

ISBN: 978-0132554909

15th edition

Authors: William G. Sullivan, Elin M. Wicks, C. Patrick Koelling

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