The G. Wolfe Corporation is examining two capital-budgeting projects with 5-year lives. The first, project A, is
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The G. Wolfe Corporation is examining two capital-budgeting projects with 5-year lives. The first, project A, is a replacement project; the second, project B, is a project unrelated to current operations. The G. Wolfe Corporation uses the risk-adjusted discount rate method and groups projects according to purpose, and then it uses a required rate of return or discount rate that has been preassigned to that purpose or risk class. The expected cash flows for these projects are given here:
PROJECT A PROJECT B
Initial investment....................................-$250,000...............-$400,000
Cash inflows:
Year 1..................................................$130,000................$135,000
Year 2.....................................................40,000..................135,000
Year 3.....................................................50,000..................135,000
Year 4.....................................................90,000..................135,000
Year 5...................................................130,000..................135,000
The purpose/risk classes and preassigned required rates of return are as follows:
PURPOSE REQUIRED RATE OF RETURN
Replacement decision...............................................12%
Modification or expansion of existing product line...............15
Project unrelated to current operations.............................18
Research and development operations..............................20
Determine each project's risk-adjusted net present value.
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Foundations Of Finance
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Authors: Arthur J. Keown, John H. Martin, J. William Petty