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Seether, Inc., has the following two mutually exclusive projects available. What

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Question

Seether, Inc., has the following two mutually exclusive projects available.

What is the crossover rate for these two projects? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

What is the NPV of each project at the crossover rate? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

Year Project R Project S 0 –$ 55,000      –$ 76,000      1 21,000      20,000      2 22,000      20,000      3 19,000      35,000      4 12,000      30,000      5 9,000      10,000      Requirement 1:

What is the crossover rate for these two projects? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

  Internal rate of return % Requirement 2:

What is the NPV of each project at the crossover rate? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

    NPV   Project R $      Project S $   

Explanation / Answer

Answer

Requirement -1 : Crossover Rate of two projects is the rate of return where the NPV of two projects becomes equal.

NPVR = NPVS

-55000 + 21000/ (1+r) +22000/ (1+r)2 + 19000/ (1+r)3 + 12000/ (1+r)4 + 9000/ (1+r)5 = -76000 + 20000/ (1+r) +20000/ (1+r)2 + 35000/ (1+r)3 + 30000/ (1+r)4 + 10000/ (1+r)5

21000 + 1000/ (1+r) +2000/ (1+r)2 - 16000/ (1+r)3 - 18000/ (1+r)4 - 1000/ (1+r)5 = 0

r= Cross over Rate = 11.87 %

IRRR = 18.26 %

IRRS = 15.92 %

Requirement -2 :

PV at interest rate of 11.87%

NPVR = NPVS ( At Cross Over Rate) = $ 7720