A company is planning to make an investment of $100,000 in a Machine. The company’s analyst had estimated that the useful life of the Machine is 5 years and that each year (from Year 1 to Year 5), the company will receive a net income of $35,000 from this investment. The acceptable cost of capital is assumed to be 10% p.a. Calculate:
(a) The payback period of this project/investment plan. [5 marks]
(b) The net present value (NPV) of this project/investment plan. [10 marks] (c) The internal rate of return (IRR) of this project/investment plan. [15 marks]
(d) Analyze the different results from (a)-(c) and make a proposal whether the company should proceed with this project. [5 marks]
(e) Determine the IRR that will reverse the decision you proposed in (d)
[15 marks]
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