Imagine you are considering buying a gold deposit. It will cost $1 million per year to construct a mine so that gold can be extracted. The construction period lasts 3 years. In the fourth year, production starts. Each year the mine operates it will yield a net return of $500,000 (total revenue minus total cost). What will you pay for the gold deposit if: (a) Interest rates are 10 percent and gold can be extracted for 10 years? (b) Interest rates are 5 percent and gold can be extracted for 6 years?

Imagine you are considering buying a gold deposit. It will cost $1 million per year to construct a mine so that gold can be extracted. The construction period lasts 3 years. In the fourth year, production starts. Each year the mine operates it will yield a net return of $500,000 (total revenue minus total cost). What will you pay for the gold deposit if: (a) Interest rates are 10 percent and gold can be extracted for 10 years? (b) Interest rates are 5 percent and gold can be extracted for 6 years?

Principles of Accounting Volume 2

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Chapter11: Capital Budgeting Decisions

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