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Diaz Camera Company is considering two investments, both of which cost $16,000.

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Question

Diaz Camera Company is considering two investments, both of which cost  $16,000. The cash flows are as follows:

Use Appendix B.

  

Year

Project A

Project B

1

$

6,000

$

5,000

2

8,000

7,000

3

6,000

11,000


     

(a-1)

Calculate the payback period for project A and project B. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

   

Payback period     

  Project A

years  

  Project B

years  


    

(a-2)

Which of the two projects should be chosen based on the payback method?


Project A


Project B

  

(b-1)

Calculate the net present value for project A and project B. Assume a cost of capital of 9 percent. (Round "PV Factor" to 3 decimal places, intermediate and final answers to the nearest dollar amount. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

  

Net present value

  Project A

$      

  Project B

$      


   

(b-2)

Which of the two projects should be chosen based on the net present value method?


Project B


Project A

   

  (c)

Should a firm normally have more confidence in answer derived based on Net present value method or Payback method?


Payback method


Net present value method

Diaz Camera Company is considering two investments, both of which cost  $16,000. The cash flows are as follows:

Use Appendix B.

Diaz Camera Company is considering two investments, both of which cost $16,000. The cash flows are as follows: Calculate the payback period for project A and project B. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Which of the two projects should be chosen based on the payback method? Calculate the net present value for project A and project B. Assume a cost of capital of 9 percent. (Round "PV Factor" to 3 decimal places, intermediate and final answers to the nearest dollar amount. Omit the "$" sign in your response.) Which of the two projects should be chosen based on the net present value method? Should a firm normally have more confidence in answer derived based on Net present value method or Payback method?

Explanation / Answer

Payback period,

Peoject A

2+(16000-14000)/6000 = 2.33 years

Project B

2+(16000-12000)/11000 = 2.36 years

Project A will be chosen on the basis of Payback period.


B)


project A

NPV = -16000+(6000/1.09)+(8000/1.09^2)+(6000/1.09^3) = $871.127

project B

NPV = -16000+(5000/1.09)+(7000/1.09^2)+(11000/1.09^3) = $2972.93


Project B should be chosen on the basis of NPV

C)

NPV method,

because payback method do not consider future cash flow,


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