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The option of working cooperatively with another company has just been presented

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Question

The option of working cooperatively with another company has just been presented. The details of this option are: initial investment of $120,000, net operating cash flows (years 1-3) of 47,000, 49,000 and 52,000 respectively (already takes into account depreciation effect and terminal cash flow so there is no need to calculate depreciation effect or terminal value just use these as-is for your analysis), cost of capital for this project is 8.2%.

1. What is the NPV for the new alternative?

4,515

7,980

6,807

6,343

2. What is the IRR for the new alternative?

11.06%

8%

7.5%

12.12%

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

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In $ In $ Year Cash flows Discount factors @8.2%
calculation Discount factors @8.2% Discounted cashflow 0 -120000 1 1 -120000 1 47000 1/1.082 (A) 0.92421 43438 2 49000 A/1.082 (B) 0.85417 41854 3 52000 B/1.082 0.78944 41051 NPV = 6343 (Ans)