Essentials Of Investments
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An entrepreneur is offered a service contract that will cost him $700,000 initially. The contract has a 5 years of life and will generate an after tax cash inflow of $180,000 per year. The cost of capital of this project is 12%. What’s the NPV of the project? Should the entrepreneur accept the contract?
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$51,140; accept
$68,418; accept
$648,860; reject
-$48,524; reject
-$51,140; reject
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