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Please answer number 14 and 15. Thank you so much in advance. che Brothers is co

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Please answer number 14 and 15. Thank you so much in advance.

che Brothers is considering a capacity expansion of its supermarket. The landowner will build the addi- tion to suit in return for $200,000 upon completion and a 5-year lease. The increase in rent for the addition is $10,000 per month. The annual sales projected through year 5 follow. The current effective capacity is equiva lent to 500,000 customers per year. Assume a 2 percent pretax profit on sales. 14 Year 2 3 5 Customers 560,000 600,000 685,000 700,000 715,000 Average Sales $50.00 $53.00 $56.00 $60.00 $64.00 per Customer a. If Roche expands its capacity to serve 700,000 customers per year now (end of year 0), what are the projected annual incremental pretax cash flows attributable to this expansion? b. If Roche expands its capacity to serve 700,o00 customers per year a end of year 2. the land owner will build the same addition for $240,000 and a 3-year lease at $12,000 per month. What are the projected annual incremental pretax cash flows attributable to this expansion alternative? 15. MiM Internationa is seeking to purchase a new machine in order to reduce costs. Two alterna- tive machines are in consideration. Machine 1 costs $500,000 but yields a 15 percent savings over the cur rent machine used. Machine 2 costs $900,000 but yields 25 percent savings over the current machine used. In order to meet demand, the following forecasted cost information for the current machine is also provided a. Based on the NPV of the cash flows for these five years, which machine should MKM International Purchase? Assume discount rate of 12 percent. b. If MKM International lowered its required discount rate to 8 percent, what machine would it purchase? Year 2 3 4 5 Projected Cost 1,000,000 1,350,000 1,400,000 1,450,000 2.550,0OO

Explanation / Answer

This below sheet contains detailed formulas:

15.

Saving in cost for both machines:

Year

Projected Cost of current machine

Saving in cost for Machine-1 @15%

Saving in cost for Machine-1 @25%

1

1,000,000

150,000

250,000

2

1,350,000

202,500

337,500

3

1,400,000

210,000

350,000

4

1,450,000

217,500

362,500

5

2,550,000

382,500

637,500

(a)

Computation of NPV if discount rate is 12%:

Machine-1

Machine-2

Year

Present Value Factor @ 12%

Cash Flow

Present Value

Cash Flow

Present Value

0

1

-500,000

-500,000

-900,000

-900,000

1

0.8929

150,000

133,935

250,000

223,225

2

0.7972

202,500

161,433

337,500

269,055

3

0.7118

210,000

149,478

350,000

249,130

4

0.6355

217,500

138,221

362,500

230,369

5

0.5674

382,500

217,031

637,500

361,718

Net Present Value (NPV)

300,098

433,497

Since NPV of Machine-2 is more than Machine-1 therefore MKM International should purchase Machine-2.

Computation of NPV if discount rate is 8%:

Machine-1

Machine-2

Year

Present Value Factor @ 8%

Cash Flow

Present Value

Cash Flow

Present Value

0

1

-500,000

-500,000

-900,000

-900,000

1

0.9259

150,000

138,885

250,000

231,475

2

0.8573

202,500

173,603

337,500

289,339

3

0.7938

210,000

166,698

350,000

277,830

4

0.7350

217,500

159,863

362,500

266,438

5

0.6806

382,500

260,330

637,500

433,883

Net Present Value (NPV)

399,379

598,965

Since NPV of Machine-2 is more than Machine-1 therefore MKM International should purchase Machine-2.

Year

Projected Cost of current machine

Saving in cost for Machine-1 @15%

Saving in cost for Machine-1 @25%

1

1,000,000

150,000

250,000

2

1,350,000

202,500

337,500

3

1,400,000

210,000

350,000

4

1,450,000

217,500

362,500

5

2,550,000

382,500

637,500