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Suppose your firm is considering two mutually exclusive, required projects with

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Question

Suppose your firm is considering two mutually exclusive, required projects with the cash flows shown below. The required rate of return on projects of both of their risk class is 10 percent, and that the maximum allowable payback and discounted payback statistic for the projects are 2 and 3 years, respectively.


Use the discounted payback decision rule to evaluate these projects; which one(s) should be accepted or rejected?

accept both A and B

accept A, reject B

accept neither A nor B

reject A, accept B

  Time: 0 1 2 3   Project A Cash Flow -22,000 12,000 32,000 3,000   Project B Cash Flow -32,000 12,000 22,000 52,000

Explanation / Answer

Using Financial Calculator

CF0=-22000       (press enter)

CF1= 12000       (press enter)

CF2= 32000   (press enter)

CF3=   3000     (press enter)

Press NPV

Interest =10

Scroll down four time press CPT

Discounted pay back=1.42

Using Financial Calculator

CF0=-32000       (press enter)

CF1= 12000       (press enter)

CF2= 22000   (press enter)

CF3=   52000     (press enter)

Press NPV

Interest =10

Scroll down four time press CPT

Discounted pay back=2.07

Answer A, accept both project