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Case summary:
Person X is graduated from large university. He desired to become an entrepreneur. After death of his grandfather he got a business worth of $1million. Then he decided to buy minimum one franchise in the area of fast foods.an issue behind is that he will sell off investment after 3 years and go on to something else.
Person X has two alternatives franchise L and franchise S. Franchise L providing breakfast and lunch while franchise S is providing only dinner. Person X made evaluation of each franchise and find out that both have characteristics of risk and needs
Here are the net cash flows (in thousand $)
To determine: The
b)
To determine: The franchise or franchises would be accepted when they are independent and mutually exclusive and whether the answer is accurate at any cost of capital fewer than 23.6%.
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