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Cardinal Company is considering a five-year project that would require a $2,850,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. The companys discount rate is 18%. The project would provide net operating income in each of five years as follows:
Sales
$
2,857,000
Variable expenses
1,011,000
Contribution margin
1,846,000
Fixed expenses:
Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs
$
799,000
Depreciation
570,000
Total fixed expenses
1,369,000
Net operating income
$
477,000
Use Exhibit 13B-1 and Exhibit 13B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.
2-a. What are the projects annual net cash inflows?
Annual net cash inflow:__________
2-b. What is the present value of the projects annual net cash inflows? (Round discount factor to 3 decimal places)
Present Value:_________
3. What is the projects net present value? (Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
Net Present Value:________
4. What is the project profitability index for this project? (Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places and final answer to 2 decimal places.)
Project profitability index:__________
5. What is the projects internal rate of return? (Round your answer to nearest whole percent.)
Projects internal rate of return: ____________%
6. What is the projects payback period? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Projects payback period:________years
7. What is the projects simple rate of return for each of the five years? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. i.e. 0.12342 should be considered as 12.34%.)
Simple rate of return:________%
12. Assume a postaudit showed that all estimates (including total sales) were exactly correct except for the variable expense ratio, which actually turned out to be 45%. What was the projects actual net present value? (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places, intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
Net present value:___________
13. Assume a postaudit showed that all estimates (including total sales) were exactly correct except for the variable expense ratio, which actually turned out to be 45%. What was the projects actual payback period? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Payback period:______________years
14. Assume a postaudit showed that all estimates (including total sales) were exactly correct except for the variable expense ratio, which actually turned out to be 45%. What was the projects actual simple rate of return? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. i.e. 0.12342 should be considered as 12.34%.)