Sam's Structures Desires to Buy a New Crane and Accessories

question 74

Essay

Sam's Structures desires to buy a new crane and accessories to help move and install modular buildings. The machine sells for $75,000 and requires working capital of $10,000. Its estimated useful life is six years and it will have a salvage value of $17,560. Recovery of working capital will be $10,000 at the end of its useful life. Annual cash savings from the purchase of the machine will be $20,000.
Required:
a.Compute the net present value at a 12% required rate of return.
b.Compute the internal rate of return.
c.Determine the payback period of the investment.

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Definitions:

Groups

In statistics, groups refer to sets of subjects or data points that are classified together based on certain characteristics.

Null Hypothesis

A proposal in statistics that suggests no observable effect or no association between variables, serving as a premise to be tested against experimental evidence.

Groups

Collections of individuals or items that are studied in research to observe, measure, and analyze certain behaviors or outcomes.

Critical Value

The threshold value that the test statistic must exceed in order to reject the null hypothesis in a statistical test.