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Vilas Company is considering a capital investment of $190,400 in additional prod

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Question

Vilas Company is considering a capital investment of $190,400 in additional productive facilities. The new machinery is expected to have a useful life of 5                    years with no salvage value. Depreciation is by the straight-line method. During the life of the investment, annual net income and net annual cash flows are                    expected to be $13,710 and $49,940, respectively. Vilas has a 12% cost of capital rate, which is the required rate of return on the investment.                 

                    PLEASE answer the two                 

                    Compute the annual rate of return on the proposed capital expenditure
                    1. Annual rate of return                 

                    Using the discounted cash flow technique, compute the net present value                 

                    2,Net present value                 

                    TABLE 1 Future Value of 1                 

                    (n)                 

                    Periods 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 11% 12% 15%                 

                    0 1.00000 1.00000 1.00000 1.00000 1.00000 1.00000 1.00000 1.00000 1.00000 1.00000                 

                    1 1.04000 1.05000 1.06000 1.07000 1.08000 1.09000 1.10000 1.11000 1.12000 1.15000                 

                    2 1.08160 1.10250 1.12360 1.14490 1.16640 1.18810 1.21000 1.23210 1.25440 1.32250                 

                    3 1.12486 1.15763 1.19102 1.22504 1.25971 1.29503 1.33100 1.36763 1.40493 1.52088                 

                    4 1.16986 1.21551 1.26248 1.31080 1.36049 1.41158 1.46410 1.51807 1.57352 1.74901                 

                    5 1.21665 1.27628 1.33823 1.40255 1.46933 1.53862 1.61051 1.68506 1.76234 2.01136                 

                    6 1.26532 1.34010 1.41852 1.50073 1.58687 1.67710 1.77156 1.87041 1.97382 2.31306                 

                    7 1.31593 1.40710 1.50363 1.60578 1.71382 1.82804 1.94872 2.07616 2.21068 2.66002                 

                    8 1.36857 1.47746 1.59385 1.71819 1.85093 1.99256 2.14359 2.30454 2.47596 3.05902                 

                    9 1.42331 1.55133 1.68948 1.83846 1.99900 2.17189 2.35795 2.55803 2.77308 3.51788                 

                    10 1.48024 1.62889 1.79085 1.96715 2.15892 2.36736 2.59374 2.83942 3.10585 4.04556                 

                    11 1.53945 1.71034 1.89830 2.10485 2.33164 2.58043 2.85312 3.15176 3.47855 4.65239                 

                    12 1.60103 1.79586 2.01220 2.25219 2.51817 2.81267 3.13843 3.49845 3.89598 5.35025                 

                    13 1.66507 1.88565 2.13293 2.40985 2.71962 3.06581 3.45227 3.88328 4.36349 6.15279                 

                    14 1.73168 1.97993 2.26090 2.57853 2.93719 3.34173 3.79750 4.31044 4.88711 7.07571                 

                    15 1.80094 2.07893 2.39656 2.75903 3.17217 3.64248 4.17725 4.78459 5.47357 8.13706                 

                    16 1.87298 2.18287 2.54035 2.95216 3.42594 3.97031 4.59497 5.31089 6.13039 9.35762                 

                    17 1.94790 2.29202 2.69277 3.15882 3.70002 4.32763 5.05447 5.89509 6.86604 10.76126                 

                    18 2.02582 2.40662 2.85434 3.37993 3.99602 4.71712 5.55992 6.54355 7.68997 12.37545                 

                    19 2.10685 2.52695 3.02560 3.61653 4.31570 5.14166 6.11591 7.26334 8.61276 14.23177                 

                    20 2.19112 2.65330 3.20714 3.86968 4.66096 5.60441 6.72750 8.06231 9.64629 16.36654

Explanation / Answer

Hi,


Please find the answer as follows:


Annual Rate of Return = Average Income/Average Investment*100 = 13710/(190400/2)*100 = 14.40%


NPV = -190400 + 49940*PVIFA(12%,5) = -190400 + 49940*(1.76234) = -102388.74


Thanks.