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Lou Barlow, a divisional manager for Sage Company, has an opportunity to manufacture and sell one of two new products for a five-year period. His annual pay raises are determined by his division's return on investment (ROI), which has exceeded 25% each of the last three years. He has computed the cost and revenue estimates for each product as follows:
The company's discount rate is 18%.
Required:
Question 1. Calculate the payback period for each product.
Question 2. Calculate the net present value for each product.
Question 3. Calculate the internal rate of return for each product.
Question 4. Calculate the project profitability index for each product.
Question 5. Calculate the simple rate of return for each product.
Question 6a. For each measure, identify whether Product A or Product B is preferred.
Question 6b. Based on the simple rate of return, Lou Barlow would likely