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A company with $795,000 in operating assets is considering the purchase of a machine that costs $85,000 and which is expected to reduce operating costs by $17,000 each year. These reductions in cost occur evenly throughout the year. The payback period for this machine in years is closest to (Ignore income taxes.): (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.) Multiple Cholce 5 years 9.4 years 0.2 years 46.8 years

Lou Barlow, a divisional manager for Sage Company, has an opportunity to manufacture and sell one of two new products for a five- year period. His annual pay raises are determined by his division's return on investment (ROI), which has exceeded 19% each of the last three years. He computed the following cost and revenue estimates for each product: Product A Product B Initial investment: Cost of equipment (zero salvage value) $ 190,000 $ 400,000 Annual revenues and costs: Sales revenues $ 270,000 $ 370,000 Variable expenses $ 128,000 $ 178,000 Depreciation expense $ 38,000 $ 80,000 Fixed out-of-pocket operating costs $ 72,000 $ 52,000 The company's discount rate is 17%. Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables. Required: 1. Calculate each product's payback period. 2. Calculate each product's net present value. 3. Calculate each product's internal rate of return. 4. Calculate each product's profitability index. 5.…

Lou Barlow, a divisional manager for Sage Company, has an opportunity to manufacture and sell one of two new products for a five-year period. His annual pay raises are determined by his division’s return on investment (ROI), which has exceeded 17% each of the last three years. He has computed the cost and revenue estimates for each product as follows:     Product A Product B Initial investment:     Cost of equipment (zero salvage value) $ 176,600 $ 390,000 Annual revenues and costs:     Sales revenues $ 260,000 $ 360,000 Variable expenses $ 124,000 $ 174,000 Depreciation expense $ 36,000 $ 78,000 Fixed out-of-pocket operating costs $ 71,000 $ 50,000   The company’s discount rate is 15%.   Click here to view Exhibit 12B-1 and Exhibit 12B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor using tables.   Required: 1. Calculate the payback period for each product. 2. Calculate the net present value for each product. 3. Calculate the internal rate of return for each…