Aggarwal Enterprises Is Considering a New Project That Has a Cost

question 58

Multiple Choice

Aggarwal Enterprises is considering a new project that has a cost of $1,000,000, and the CFO set up the following simple decision tree to show its three most-likely scenarios. The firm could arrange with its work force and suppliers to cease operations at the end of Year 1 should it choose to do so, but to obtain this abandonment option, it would have to make a payment to those parties. How much is the option to abandon worth to the firm?

• A) $55.1
• B) $58.0
• C) $61.0
• D) $64.1
• E) $67.3

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