Managerial Accounting (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134128528
Author: Karen W. Braun, Wendy M. Tietz
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 15, Problem 15.20AE
Sustainability and capital investments (Learning Objective 1)
Mercado Industries is evaluating investing in solar panels to provide some of the electrical needs of its main office building in Boulder, Colorado. The solar panel project would cost $650,000 and would provide cost savings in its utility bills of $50,000 per year. It is anticipated that the solar panels would have a life of 15 years and would have no residual value.
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- 1. Calculate the payback period in years of the solar panel project.
- 2. If the company uses a discount rate of 12%, what is the
net present value of this project? - 3. If the company has a rule that no projects will be undertaken that have a payback period of more than five years, would this investment be accepted? If not, what arguments could managers make to get approval for the solar panel project?
- 4. What would you do if you were in charge of approving capital investment proposals?
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