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Sunland Company is considering two capital investment proposals. Estimates regarding each project are provided below. Project Soup Project Nuts Initial Investment $600,000 $900,000 Annual Net Income $30,000 $63,000 Annual Cash Inflow $150,000 $213,000 Salvage Value $0 $0 Estimated Useful Life 5 years 6 years The company requires a 10% rate of return on all new investments. Part (a): Calculate the payback period for each project. Part (b): Calculate the net present value for each project. Part (c): Which project should Carr Company accept and why?

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Answer:

a. 4 years and 4.22 years

b. -$31,350 and $27,615

c. Project Nuts

Step-by-step explanation:

a. The formula to compute the payback period is shown below:

= Initial investment ÷ Net cash flow

For project soup, it would be

= $600,000 ÷ $150,000

= 4 years

For project nuts, it would be

= $900,000 ÷ $213,000

= 4.22 years

b. The computation of the Net present value is shown below

= Present value of all yearly cash inflows after applying discount factor - initial investment

For project soup, it would be

= $568,650 - $600,000

= -$31,350

The present value is computed below:

= Annual cash flow × pvifa for 5 years at 10%

= $150,000 × 3.791

= $568,650

For project nuts, it would be

= $927,615 - $900,000

= $27,615

The present value is computed below:

= Annual cash flow × pvifa for 6 years at 10%

= $213,000 × 4.355

= $927,615

Kindly refer pvifa table

c. The project Nuts should be accepted as it has positive net present value.

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