Briarcrest Condiments is a spice-making firm. Recently, it developed a new proce
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Question
Briarcrest Condiments is a spice-making firm. Recently, it developed a new process for producing spices. The process requires new machinery that would cost $2,151,516. have a life of five years, and would produce the cash flows shown in the following table.
What is the NPV if the discount rate is 13.51 percent? (Enter negative amounts using negative sign e.g. -45.25. Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)
NPV is $___________________
Explanation / Answer
NPV = -2151516 + 626526/1.1351 - 269764/1.1351^2 + 862373/1.1351^3 + 1014364/1.1351^4 + 609166/1.1351^5
= -284989.63