Question

The Eye Clinic of Dr. Christensen is investing in some equipment to perform corrective eye surgery. It is expected that the equipment purchase will generate an internal rate of return of 24%. This equipment was chosen over equipment to perform cataract eye surgery. Thus, the internal rate of return of the cataract eye surgery equipment must have been ______.

Answer 1

must have been less than the internal rate of return of the corrective eye surgery equipment.

Step-by-step explanation:

The internal rate of return is a capital budgeting method that is used to determine the profitability of a project.

Internal rate of return is the discount rate that equates the after-tax cash flows from an investment to the amount invested

The decision rule when using the internal rate of return is to undertake the project if the internal rate of return is greater than the required return of the project. If this is not met, the project should be rejected.

If choosing between multiple projects, the decision rule is to choose the projects with the highest internal rate of return. This is because that project would be the most profitable.

Advantages of the internal rate of return

1. it considers the time value of cash flows
2. it considers the profitability of a project over the entire lifespan of the project.

Disadvantage of the internal rate of return

1. A project may have more than one internal rate of return.