(Ignore Income Taxes in This Problem

question 101

Multiple Choice

(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) Trybus Corporation uses a discount rate of 16% in its capital budgeting. Partial analysis of an investment in automated equipment with a useful life of 5 years has thus far yielded a net present value of -$233,764. This analysis did not include any estimates of the intangible benefits of automating this process nor did it include any estimate of the salvage value of the equipment.
-Ignoring any cash flows from intangible benefits,to the nearest whole dollar how large would the salvage value of the automated equipment have to be to make the investment in the automated equipment financially attractive?

• A)$491,101
• B)$1,461,025
• C)$233,764
• D)$37,402

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