Shanghai Shipping Is Considering Investing in a Project That Requires

question 138

Multiple Choice

Shanghai Shipping is considering investing in a project that requires an after-tax initial investment of 156 million and is expected to produce after-tax cash inflows of $40 million for each of the next five years.The firm's cost of capital is 10%.Based on this information, the NPV of the project is _________ million and the firm should _________ the project.

• A)$151.63; accept
• B)-$151.63, reject
• C)$4.37, accept
• D)-$4.37, reject
• E)none of the above

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