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PROBLEM 5 Consider another uneven cash flow stream: Year Cash Flow 0 $2,000 1 $2

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PROBLEM 5 Consider another uneven cash flow stream: Year Cash Flow 0 $2,000 1 $2,000 2 $0 3 $1,500 4 $2,500 5 $4,000 a. What is the present (Year 0) value of the cash flow stream if the opportunity cost rate is 10 percent? b. What is the value of the cash flow stream at the end of Year 5 if the cash flows are invested in an     account that pays 10 percent annually? c. What cash flow today (Year 0), in lieu of the $2,000 cash flow, would be needed to accumulate $20,000     at the end of Year 5? (Assume that the cash flows for Years 1 through 5 remain the same.) d. Time value analysis involves either discounting or compounding cash flows. Many healthcare financial     management decisions—such as bond refunding, capital investment, and lease versus buy—involve     discounting projected future cash flows. What factors must executives consider when choosing a     discount rate to apply to forecasted cash flows? ANSWER PROBLEM 5 Consider another uneven cash flow stream: Year Cash Flow 0 $2,000 1 $2,000 2 $0 3 $1,500 4 $2,500 5 $4,000 a. What is the present (Year 0) value of the cash flow stream if the opportunity cost rate is 10 percent? b. What is the value of the cash flow stream at the end of Year 5 if the cash flows are invested in an     account that pays 10 percent annually? c. What cash flow today (Year 0), in lieu of the $2,000 cash flow, would be needed to accumulate $20,000     at the end of Year 5? (Assume that the cash flows for Years 1 through 5 remain the same.) d. Time value analysis involves either discounting or compounding cash flows. Many healthcare financial     management decisions—such as bond refunding, capital investment, and lease versus buy—involve     discounting projected future cash flows. What factors must executives consider when choosing a     discount rate to apply to forecasted cash flows? ANSWER

Explanation / Answer

a)

Year

Cash flow

PV factor 10%

PV

0

$2,000

1.000

$2,000.000

1

$2,000

0.909

$1,818.182

2

$0

0.826

$0.000

3

$1,500

0.751

$1,126.972

4

$2,500

0.683

$1,707.534

5

$4,000

0.621

$2,483.685

$9,136.373

Hence, total present value would be 9,136.37

b)

Year

Cash flow

FV factor 10%

FV

0

$2,000

1.611

$3,221.020

1

$2,000

1.464

$2,928.200

2

$0

1.331

$0.000

3

$1,500

1.210

$1,815.000

4

$2,500

1.100

$2,750.000

5

$4,000

1.000

$4,000.000

$14,714.220

Hence, total future value would be 14,71422

c) We need to calculate PV of all other cash flows:

Year

Cash flow

PV factor 10%

PV

1

$2,000

0.909

$1,818.182

2

$0

0.826

$0.000

3

$1,500

0.751

$1,126.972

4

$2,500

0.683

$1,707.534

5

$4,000

0.621

$2,483.685

$7,136.373

Cash flow required in year 0 = 20,000 -7136.37

                                                         = 12,863.63

We need to calculate FV of all other cash flows:

Year

Cash flow

FV factor 10%

FV

0

$2,000

1.611

$3,221.020

1

$2,000

1.464

$2,928.200

2

$0

1.331

$0.000

3

$1,500

1.210

$1,815.000

4

$2,500

1.100

$2,750.000

$10,714.220

Cash flow required in year 5 =( 20,000 -10,7142.22)

                                                         = 9,285.78

c) Factors to be considered while choosing discount rate:

1. Risk of the project

2. Cost of sources of capital

3. Capital structure of the firm

Year

Cash flow

PV factor 10%

PV

0

$2,000

1.000

$2,000.000

1

$2,000

0.909

$1,818.182

2

$0

0.826

$0.000

3

$1,500

0.751

$1,126.972

4

$2,500

0.683

$1,707.534

5

$4,000

0.621

$2,483.685

$9,136.373

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