You are planning to invest in three mutually exclusive investment projects, A, B and C, which have the following after-tax cash flows: Cash Flow, per year ($) Investment 0 1 2 3 4 Thereafter A (12,000) 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 50 B (12,000) 0 0 0 20,000 50 C (12,000) 5,000 5,000 11,000 11,000 50 Assume that your required rate of return is 6.5 percent: Apply the present-value technique to assess the acceptability of each investment.

You are planning to invest in three mutually exclusive investment projects, A, B and C, which have the following after-tax cash flows: Cash Flow, per year ($) Investment 0 1 2 3 4 Thereafter A (12,000) 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 50 B (12,000) 0 0 0 20,000 50 C (12,000) 5,000 5,000 11,000 11,000 50 Assume that your required rate of return is 6.5 percent: Apply the present-value technique to assess the acceptability of each investment.

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Chapter11: Capital Budgeting Decisions

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