Crystal Tech has gathered the following data on a proposed investment project (Ignore income taxes.): Investment required in equipment $ 32,000   Annual cash inflows  $ 6,800   Salvage value of equipment $ 0   Life of the investment 15 years Required rate of return 10%   Crystal uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur uniformly throughout a year except for the initial investment. Note: You will need the PV tables for this question. The internal rate of return of the investment is closest to: 

Nest and Co. is considering the acquisition of a new machine that costs $355,000 and has a useful life of 5 years with no salvage value. The incremental net operating income and incremental net cash flows that the machine would produce are (Ignore income taxes.):   Incremental Net Operating Income Incremental Net Cash Flows Year 1 $ 62,000 $ 148,000 Year 2 $ 68,000 $ 154,000 Year 3 $ 79,000 $ 165,000 Year 4 $ 42,000 $ 128,000 Year 5 $ 84,000 $ 170,000 Assume cash flows occur uniformly throughout a year except for the initial investment. The payback period of this investment is closest to:

Blue Basket Inc is considering a project that would require an investment of $74,000. No other cash outflows would be involved. The present value of the cash inflows would be $101,380. The profitability index of the project is closest to (Ignore income taxes.): Note: please round to two decimal places: i.e., 0.00

Maple Thread Inc. has gathered the following data on a proposed investment project (Ignore income taxes.): Investment in depreciable equipment $ 640,000   Annual net cash flows  $ 86,000   Life of the equipment 20 years Salvage value $ 0   Discount rate 9%   Maple uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume that cash flows occur uniformly throughout each year, except for the initial investment. The payback period for the investment is closest to:

Cedar House Corp. has not yet decided on the required rate of return to use in its capital budgeting. This lack of information will prevent Cedar House from calculating a project’s:   Payback Net Present Value Internal Rate of Return 1) No No No 2) Yes Yes Yes 3) No Yes Yes 4) No Yes No

The profitability index and the internal rate of return:

Nova Cloud’s management is considering investing in aircraft that would have a useful life of 7 years. The company uses a discount rate of 12% in its capital budgeting. The net present value of the investment, excluding the annual cash inflow, is −$405,814. (Ignore income taxes.) How large would the annual cash inflow have to be to make Nova’s investment in the aircraft financially attractive? Note: You will need the PV tables for this question.

Field Supply Co. is investigating automating a process. Old equipment, with a current salvage value of $18,000, would be replaced by a new machine. The new machine would be purchased for $456,000 and would have a 6-year useful life and no salvage value. By automating the process, the company would save $157,000 per year in cash operating costs. The simple rate of return on the investment is closest to (Ignore income taxes.): Note: please round to the nearest tenth (i.e., one decimal place) and format your answer like this: 00.0%

Lunar Tech’s management is investigating the purchase of a small used drone to use in conducting visual inspections of its outdoor industrial facilities. The drone would have a useful life of 5 years. Lunar Tech uses a discount rate of 10% in its capital budgeting. The net present value of the investment, excluding intangible benefits, is- $395,300. (Ignore income taxes.) How large would the annual intangible benefit have to be to make the investment in the drone financially attractive? Note: You will need the PV tables for this question.

Beacon Inc. is considering buying a new machine. This machine will replace an old machine that still has a useful life of 6 years. The new equipment will cost $3,610 per year to operate, compared to the old equipment, which costs $3,825 per year to operate. Additionally, due to increased capacity, an additional 20,100 units can be produced each year. The company makes a contribution margin of $0.10 per unit. The old machine can be sold for $7,100, and the new machine costs $30,100. The incremental annual net cash inflows provided by the new machine would be (Ignore income taxes.):