The Halsey Corporation Is Contemplating the Purchase of New Equipment

question 18

Multiple Choice

The Halsey Corporation is contemplating the purchase of new equipment that would require an initial investment of $125,000. The equipment would have a useful life of six years, with a salvage value of $29,000. This new equipment would be depreciated over its useful life by the straight-line method. It would replace existing equipment which is fully depreciated. The existing equipment has a salvage value now of $38,000. The anticipated annual revenues and expenses associated with the new equipment are: Assume cash flows occur uniformly throughout a year except for the initial investment and the salvage value at the end of the project. For this investment, the simple rate of return to the nearest tenth of a percent is:

• A)43.7%
• B)25.3%
• C)30.4%
• D)17.6%

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