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Casey Nelson is a divisional manager for Pigeon Company

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Casey Nelson is a divisional manager for Pigeon Company. His annual pay raises are largely determined by his division’s return on investment (ROI), which has been above 21% each of the last three years. Casey is considering a capital budgeting project that would require a $3,700,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. Pigeon Company’s discount rate is 17%. The project would provide net operating income each year for five years as follows:

Required:

1. What is the project’s net present value?

2. What is the project’s internal rate of return to the nearest whole percent?

3. What is the project’s simple rate of return?

4-a. Would the company want Casey to pursue this investment opportunity?

4-b. Would Casey be inclined to pursue this investment opportunity?