Capital Budgeting Carry-Along Is Debating Whether or Not to Invest in New

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Essay

Capital budgeting
Carry-Along is debating whether or not to invest in new equipment to manufacture a line of high-quality luggage.The new equipment would cost $850,000,with an estimated four-year life and no salvage value.The estimated annual operating results with the new equipment are as follows:
All revenue from the new luggage line and all expenses (except depreciation)will be received or paid in cash in the same period as recognized for accounting purposes.You are to compute the following for the investment in the new equipment to produce the new luggage line: (rounded)
(a)Annual cash flow: $________
(b)Payback period: ________
(c)Return on average investment: ________%
(d)Total present value of the expected future annual cash flows,discounted at an annual rate of 12%: (An annuity table shows that the present value of $1 received annually for four years discounted at 12% is 3.037. )$________
(e)Net present value of the proposed investment: $________

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