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Rani Beverage Company is considering purchasing new equipment that costs $37,500 with annual cash inflows of $75,000 and annual cash outflows totaling $60,000. The payback period is calculated to be less than 4 years, so the new equipment should be purchased according to the company's criteria.

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Rani Beverage Company is considering purchasing new equipment that costs $37,500 with annual cash inflows of $75,000 and annual cash outflows totaling $60,000. The payback period is calculated to be less than 4 years, so the new equipment should be purchased according to the company's criteria.

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Assignment 01

1. Due to increased demand, the management of Rani Beverage Company is considering to purchase a
new equipment to increase the production and revenues. The useful life of the equipment is 10 years and
the company’s maximum desired payback period is 4 years. The inflow and outflow of cash associated
with the new equipment is given below:

Initial cost of equipment: $37,500

Annual cash inflows:

Sales: $75,000

Annual cash Outflows:

Cost of ingredients: $45,000

Salaries expenses: $13,500

Maintenance expenses: $1,500

Non cash expenses:

Depreciation expense: $5,000

Required: Should Rani Beverage Company purchase the new equipment? Use payback method for your
answer.

2. The management of Health Supplement Inc. wants to reduce its labor cost by installing a new machine.
Two types of machines are available in the market – machine X and machine Y. Machine X would cost
$18,000 where as machine Y would cost $15,000. Both the machines can reduce annual labor cost by
$3,000.

Required: Which is the best machine to purchase according to payback method?

3. An investment of $200,000 is expected to generate the following cash inflows in six years:

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6
Cash inflows 70,000 60,000 55,000 40,000 30,000 25,000

Required: Compute payback period of the investment. Should the investment be made if management
wants to recover the initial investment in 3 years or less?

4. A firm intends to invest $1,000 in a project that generated net receipts of $800, $900 and $600 in the
first, second and third years respectively at a rate of 10%. Should the firm go ahead with the project?
5. You are analyzing the value of the company Twitter using a 15% discount rate. You expect its cash
flows over the next 4 years to be as shown below and you estimate its NPV as $1B. Explain.

Year 0 1 2 3 4
Cash flow (20) (10) 0 12 40
( Million)

6. An initial investment of $8,320 thousand on plant and machinery is expected to generate cash inflows
of $3,411 thousand, $4,070 thousand, $5,824 thousand and $2,065 thousand at the end of first, second,
third and fourth year respectively. At the end of the fourth year, the machinery will be sold for $900
thousand. Calculate the net present value of the investment if the discount rate is 18%. Round your
answer to nearest thousand dollars.

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