1.Should the proposed project be accepted based on the profitability index (PI)? Why or why not?                               ________ 5.     Winslow, Inc. is considering opening a new plant to produce snow skis. The initial cost of the project is $1.8 million. This cost will be depreciated straight-line to a zero-book value over the 10-year life of the project.                             The net income of the project is expected to be a loss of $250,000 a year for the first four years. The net income is projected at $50,000, $230,000, $390,000, $480,000, $750,000, and $800,000 for years 5 through 10, respectively. What is the average accounting return on this project?

You are considering a new product launch. The project will cost $950,000, have a four-year life, and have no salvage value; depreciation is straight-line to zero. Sales are projected at 180 units per year; price per unit will be $18,500, variable cost per unit will be $14,000, and fixed costs will be $185,000 per year. The required return on the project is 15 percent, and the relevant corporate tax is 35%. a. Based on your experience, you think the unit sales, variable cost, and fixed cost projections given projections are probably accurate to within +10 percent. What are the upper and lower bounds for these projections? What is the base-case NPV? What are the best-case and worst-case scenarios? (Hint: consider your changes to cost and revenue corresponding to each case, e.g. best or worst) b. If the probability of base-case scenario is 50 percent, the best-case scenario is 25%, the worst-case scenario is 25%, What is the project's expected NPV, standard deviation, and its coefficient…

2. Super Apparel wants to replace an old machine with a new one. The new machine would increase annual revenue by $200,000 and annual operating expenses by $80,000. The new machine would cost $400,000. The estimated useful life of the machine is 10 years with zero salvage value. i. Compute Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) of the machine using above information. ii. Should Super Apparel purchase the machine if management wants an Accounting Rate of Return of 19% on all capital investments? Hint: Use Average Income or Profit after deducting tax, depreciation, and operating expenses.

Fitzgerald Computers is considering a new project whose data are shown below. The required equipment has a 3-year tax life, after which it will have zero book value, and it will be depreciated by the straight-line method over 3 years. Revenues and other operating costs are expected to be constant over the project's 4-year life. What is the project's Year 4 cash flow? $65,000 Equipment cost (depreciable basis) Straight-line depreciation rate Sales revenues, each year Operating costs (excl. deprec.) Tax rate a. $27,500 b. $28,438 c. $22,750 d. $21,000 e. $30,333 33.33% $60,000 $25,000 35.0%