Bill plans to open a self-serve grooming center in a storefront. The grooming equipment will cost $265,000, to be paid immediately. Bill expects after-tax cash inflows of $59,000 annually for seven years, after which he plans to scrap the equipment and retire to the beaches of Nevis. The first cash inflow occurs at the end of the first year. Assume the required return is 13 percent. What is the project’s PI? Should it be accepted?

Managers of Central Embroidery have decided to purchase a new monogram machine and are considering two alternative machines. The first machine costs $100,000 and is expected to last five years. The second machine costs $160,000 and is expected to last eight years. Assume that the opportunity cost of capital is 8 percent. Which machine should Central Embroidery purchase?

Pierre’s Hair Salon is considering opening a new location in French Lick, California. The cost of building a new salon is $284,000. A new salon will normally generate annual revenues of $60,490, with annual expenses (including depreciation) of $40,800. At the end of 15 years the salon will have a salvage value of $74,000.Calculate the annual rate of return on the project.

MAG Industrial needs 1000 square meters of storage space. Purchasing land for $80,000 and then erecting a temporary metal building at $70 persquare meter is one option. The president hopes to sell the land for $100,000 and the building for $20,000 after 3 years. Another option is to lease space for $30 per square meter per year payable at the beginning of each year. The MARR is 20%. Perform a present worth analysis of the building and leasing alternatives to determine the sensitivity of the decision if the construction cost decreases by 10% to $63 per square meter and the lease cost remainsat $30 per square meter per year.

2. You plan to purchase an office space in Chamblee's Chinatown for $50,000 at the end of year 2021. You estimate that by renting out that office space, you will receive a stream of rental income for the coming eight years at the end of each year as shown in below. After eight years, you estimate that you can still sell the office space for $45,000 at the end of the eighth year. Is this project a good investment if you project that the normal rate of return in this line of business is 12%? How about if the general rate of return is 15% ? 8%? Year 1 $6,000 Year 5 $7,500 Year 2 $6,500 Year 6 $8,500 Year 3 $7,000 Year 7 $8,500 Year 4 $7,500 Year 8 $8,500 3. Based on the information provided in Step 2 above, compute the Internal Rate of Return for the investment. 4. While you were waiting for your first job interview results to come, you spent several dollars to buy a Georgia Educational Lotto and were lucky enough to win a $1 million prize. The prize is to be awarded in 20 annual payments…

A small hydro dam supplying electricity to 10,000 households has just been constructed that has cost $30,000,000 to build with a life expectancy of 60 years. Annual maintenance costs are $500,000 and extensive renovations of $5, 000, 000 are expected every 15 years. If the interest rate is 7 %/year, how much will each household be charged per year so that the costs of the project are recovered?

As a financial analyst, you must evaluate a proposed project to produce printer cartridges. The purchase price of the equipment, including installation, is $65,000, and the equipment will be fully depreciated at t = 0. Annual sales would be 4,000 units at a price of $50 per cartridge, and the project’s life would be 3 years. Current assets would increase by $5,000 and payables by $3,000. At the end of 3 years, the equipment could be sold for $10,000. Variable costs would be 70% of sales revenues, fixed costs would be $30,000 per year, the marginal tax rate is 25%, and the corporate WACC is 11%. The firm’s project CVs generally range from 1.0 to 1.5. A 3% risk premium is added to the WACC if the initial CV exceeds 1.5, and the WACC is reduced by 0.5% if the CV is 0.75 or less. Then a revised NPV is calculated. What are the revised values for the NPV? NPV Best Case Scenario = $  . NPV Base Case Scenario = $  . NPV Worst-case Scenario = -$  . Expected NPV = $

Pierre's Hair Salon is considering opening a new location in French Lick, California. The cost of building a new salon is $270,000. A new salon will normally generate annual revenues of $65,850, with annual expenses (including depreciation) of $39,900. At the end of 15 years the salon will have a salvage value of $76,000. Calculate the annual rate of return on the project. Annual rate of return %

The CFO of Marta Aaraña Cement Industries knows that many of the diesel-fueled systems in its quarries must be replaced at an estimated cost of $20 million 10 years from now. A fund for these replacements has been established with the commitment of $1 million at the end of next year (year 1) with 10% increases through the 10th year. If the fund earns at 5.25% per year, will the company have enough to pay for the replacements? Solve using (a) tabulated factors, and (b) a spreadsheet.

If a copy center is considering the purchase of a new copy machine with an initial investment cost of $162,500 and the center expects an annual net cash flow of $25,000 per year, what is the payback period? fill in the blank  years