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Suppose Acme Manufacturing Corporation's CFO is evaluating a project with the following cash inflows

Finance Nov 27, 2020

Suppose Acme Manufacturing Corporation's CFO is evaluating a project with the following cash inflows. She does not know the project's initial cost; however, she does know that the project's regular payback period is 2.5 years. Year Cash Flow Year 1 $375,000 Year 2 $475,000 Year 3 $425,000 Year 4 $500,000 If the project's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is 7%, what is its NPV? $409,664 $366,541 $431,225 $517,470
Which of the following statements indicate a disadvantage of using the discounted payback period for capital budgeting decisions? Check all that apply. The discounted payback period is calculated using net income instead of cash flows. The discounted payback period does not take the project's entire life into account. The discounted payback period does not take the time value of money into account.

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Ans $431225

The discounted payback period does not take the project's entire life into account.

Year Project Cash Flows (i) DF@ 7% DF@ 7% (ii) PV of Project ( (i) * (ii) )
0 -1062500 1 1                          (10,62,500)
1 375000 1/((1+7%)^1) 0.934579                               3,50,467
2 475000 1/((1+7%)^2) 0.873439                               4,14,883
3 425000 1/((1+7%)^3) 0.816298                               3,46,927
4 500000 1/((1+7%)^4) 0.762895                               3,81,448
    NPV                               4,31,225
         
  Cash Outflow = Year 1 + Year2 + 0.5* Year 3  
    375000 + 475000 + 0.5*425000  
    1062500  
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