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Accounting: What the Numbers Mean 9th Edition by Wayne W McManus, Daniel F Viele, David H Marshall

Edition 9ISBN: 0073527068
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Accounting: What the Numbers Mean 9th Edition by Wayne W McManus, Daniel F Viele, David H Marshall

Edition 9ISBN: 0073527068
Exercise 56
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a.

 

Year

 

Volume

Contribution Margin

@ $ 6.00 per dozen

Present Value Factor

(Table 6?2, 14%)

Present Value

 

2010

5,400 dozen

$32,400

0.8772

$  28,421

 

2011

8,400 dozen

  50,400

0.7695

38,783

 

2012

12,750 dozen

  76,500

0.6750

51,638

 

2013

16,950 dozen

  101,700

0.5921

60,217

 

2014

18,000 dozen

  108,000

0.5194

56,095

 

Total present value of inflows 

$235,154

 

Investment (machine cost, plus delivery and installation costs) 

(218,000)

 

Net present value 

$  17,154

 

 

 

 

 

 

b.

Profitability index = ($235,154 present value of inflows / $218,000 investment) =1.079

 

 

 

 

 

 

c. 

Because the net present value is positive and the profitability index is rather high, the IRR is significantly greater than the 14% discount rate used to calculate the NPV.

 

 

 

 

 

 

d.

 

Year

Cash Flow

Cumulative Cash Flow

 

 

1.

2010

$ 32,400

$ 32,400

 

 

2.

2011

  50,400

   82,800

 

 

3.

2012

  76,500

   159,300

 

 

4.

2013

  101,700

 261,000

 

 

5.

2014

  108,000

369,000

 

 

 

 

 


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