Use the Information Below to Answer the Following Question(s)

question 66

Multiple Choice

Use the information below to answer the following question(s) :
The owner of the Krusty Krab is considering selling his restaurant and retiring.An investor has offered to buy the Krusty Krab for $350,000 whenever the owner is ready for retirement.The owner is considering the following three alternatives:
1.Sell the restaurant now and retire.
2.Hire someone to manage the restaurant for the next year and retire.This will require the owner to spend $50,000 now,but will generate $100,000 in profit next year.In one year the owner will sell the restaurant for $350,000.
3.Scale back the restaurant's hours and ease into retirement over the next year.This will require the owner to spend $40,000 on expenses now,but will generate $75,000 in profit at the end of the year.In one year the owner will sell the restaurant for $350,000.
-If the discount rate is 15%,the alternative with the highest NPV is:

• A)#1 with an NPV of approximately $350,000.
• B)#2 with an NPV of approximately $341,300.
• C)#3 with an NPV of approximately $329,570.
• D)#2 with an NPV of approximately $400,000.
• E)None of the above

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Definitions:

Schedule Analysis

A method used to examine and interpret the timing and amounts of future cash flows, expenses, or revenues.

Independent Items

Elements or transactions that do not influence or are not influenced by other items within a financial statement or business process.

Inventory Turnover Ratio

A measure of how quickly a company sells its inventory, indicating the efficiency of inventory management.

Receivable Turnover Ratio

A financial metric that measures how efficiently a company collects cash from its credit sales by calculating the number of times average receivables are collected during a period.