Maxim, Inc

question 64

Essay

Maxim, Inc., is considering two mutually exclusive projects. Project 1 requires an investment of £40,000, while Project 2 requires an investment of £30,000. Cash revenues and cash costs for each project are shown below. The company estimates that at the end of the fourth year Project 1 would have a salvage value of £3,000 and Project 2 would have a salvage value of £1,000.
Required:
a.
Determine the net present value of EACH project using a 16 per cent discount rate.
b.
Prepare a memorandum for management stating your recommendation. Include supporting calculations in good form.

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Definitions:

Variability

A statistical measure that describes the dispersion or spread of data points in a data set.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure of the dispersion or variability of a set of data points around their mean.

Mean Deviation

The average deviation for all scores from the mean of a distribution, calculated as the sum of the absolute value of the scores’ deviations from the mean divided by the number of scores.

Standard Deviation

Standard deviation is a measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points relative to its mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.