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Cardinal Company is considering a project that would require a $2,725,000 invest

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Question

Cardinal Company is considering a project that would require a $2,725,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years. At the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would be sold for its salvage value of $400,000. The company’s discount rate is 14%. The project would provide net operating income each year as follows:

  

What is the project profitability index for this project? (Use the appropriate table to determine the discount factor(s) and final answer to 2 decimal places.

What is the project’s payback period? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

If the company’s discount rate was 16% instead of 14%, would you expect the project's net present value to be higher than, lower than, or the same?

Same

If the equipment’s salvage value was $600,000 instead of $400,000, would you expect the project’s payback period to be higher than, lower than, or the same?

Higher

If the equipment’s salvage value was $600,000 instead of $400,000, would you expect the project's net present value to be higher than, lower than, or the same?

Cardinal Company is considering a project that would require a $2,725,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years. At the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would be sold for its salvage value of $400,000. The company’s discount rate is 14%. The project would provide net operating income each year as follows:

Explanation / Answer

Cardinal Company is considering a project that would require a $2,725,000 invest