Palo Alto Corporation is considering purchasing a new delivery truck. The truck
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Palo Alto Corporation is considering purchasing a new delivery truck. The truck has many advantages over the company’s current truck (not the least of which is that it runs). The new truck would cost $56,000. Because of the increased capacity, reduced maintenance costs, and increased fuel economy, the new truck is expected to generate cost savings of $7,500. At the end of 8 years the company will sell the truck for an estimated $27,000. Traditionally the company has used a rule of thumb that a proposal should not be accepted unless it has a payback period that is less than 50% of the asset’s estimated useful life. Larry Newton, a new manager, has suggested that the company should not rely solely on the payback approach, but should also employ the net present value method when evaluating new projects. The company’s cost of capital is 8%.
Need to find the net present value
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schedule of NPV year cash flow DF @ 8% PV 0 -56000 1 -56000 1 7500 0.925926 6944.444 2 7500 0.857339 6430.041 3 7500 0.793832 5953.742 4 7500 0.73503 5512.724 5 7500 0.680583 5104.374 6 7500 0.63017 4726.272 7 7500 0.58349 4376.178 8 34500 0.540269 18639.28 NPV 1687.052
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