Winett Corporation is considering an investment in special-purpose equipment to enable the company to obtain a four-year municipal contract. The equipment costs $291,000 and would have no salvage value when the contract expires at the end of fo years. Estimated annual operating results of the project are as follows. Revenue from contract sales Expenses other than depreciation Depreciation (straight-line basis) Increase in net income from contract work $211,000 72,750 All revenue and all expenses other than depreciation will be received or paid in cash in the same period as recognized for accounting purposes. Compute the following for Winett's proposal to undertake this contract. a. Payback period b. Return on average investment c. Net present value $308,000 283,750 $ 24,250 a. Payback period. b. Return on average investment. (Round your percentage answer to 1 decimal place (i.e., 0.123 to be entered as 12.3).) c. Net present value of the proposal to undertake contract work, discounted at an annual rate of 5 percent. (Refer to the annuity table in Exhibit 26-4.) (Round your "PV factors" to 3 decimal places.) years %

Which proposal should the company accept? Why?

A division is considering the acquisition of a new asset that will cost $2,960,000 and have a cash flow of $790,000 per year for each of the four years of its life. Depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis with no salvage value. Ignore taxes.   Required: a. & b. What is the ROI for each year of the asset's life if the division uses beginning-of-year asset balances and net book value for the computation? What is the residual income each year if the cost of capital is 8 percent? (Enter "ROI" answers as a percentage rounded to 1 decimal place (i.e., 32.1). Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.)     Year Investment Base ROI Residual Income 1 $2,960,000   %   2     %   3     %   4     %

Harbor Division has total assets (net of accumulated depreciation) of $542,000 at the beginning of year 1. Harbor also leases a machine for $23,000 annually. Expected divisional income in year 1 is $81,000 including $5,500 in income generated by the leased machine (after the lease payment). Harbor’s cost of capital is 10 percent. Harbor can cancel the lease on the machine without penalty at any time and is considering disposing of it today (the beginning of year 1).   Required: a. Harbor computes ROI using beginning-of-the-year net assets. What will the divisional ROI be for year 1 assuming Harbor retains the leased machine? (Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 1 decimal place (i.e., 32.1).) b. What would divisional ROI be for year 1 assuming Harbor disposes of the leased machine? (Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 1 decimal place (i.e., 32.1).) c. Harbor computes residual income using beginning-of-the-year net assets. What will the divisional residual income be for…