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Mr. John Backster, a retired executive, desires to invest a portion of his assets in rental property. He has narrowed his choices to two apartment complexes, Windy Acres and Hillcrest Apartments. The anticipated annual cash inflows from each are as follows: 2.29 Windy Acres Yearly Aftentax Cash Inflow 20,000 25,000 40,000 55,000 60,000 Hillcrest Apartments Yearly Aftertax Cash Inflow 25,000 30,000 48,000 50,000 Probability Probability 0.2 0.2 2.2 0.2 0.2 ces 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.1 Mr. Backster is likely to hold the apartment complex of his choice for about 20 and will use this period for decision-making purposes. Elther apartment can be purchased for $220,000. Mr. Backster uses a risk-adjusted discount rate approach when evaluating Investments. His scale is related to the coefficient of variation (for other types of investments, he also considers other measures). Coefficient of Variation 8-8.35 0.35-0.40 0.40-8.50 Over 2.50 Discount Rate 6% 8 13 not considered (cost of capital) a. Compute the risk-adjusted net present value for Windy Acres and Hillcrest Apartments. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answers to nearest whole dollar.) (If you're using the TVM funtions of a calculator to answer the question, then you can ignore this note. If you're using the PV tables at the back of the book to answer this question, round "PV Factor" to 3 decimal places.) Net present value Windy Acres Hillcrest Apartments 17 b-1. Which investment should Mr. Backster accept if the two investments are mutually exclusive? es O Windy Acres O Hillcrest Both O None b-2. Which investment should Mr. Backster accept If the Investments are not mutually exclusive and no capital rationing is involved? O Windy Acres O Hillcrest Apartments O Both O None

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