Roberts iii corporation is considering an investment in

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Roberts III Corporation is considering an investment in special-purpose equipment to enable the company to obtain a four-year government contract for the manufacture of a special item. The equipment costs $206,000 and would have no salvage value when the contract expires at the end of the four years. Estimated annual operating results of the project are as follows:


Revenue from contract sales			$	315,000
Expenses other than depreciation	$	212,000
Depreciation		70,000		(282,000	)

Increase in net income from contract work			$	33,000

All revenue and all expenses other than depreciation will be received or paid in cash in the same period as recognized for accounting purposes.

a.	Compute the payback period for Bowman's proposal to undertake the contract work:

Payback period

years

b.	Compute the return on average investment for Bowman's proposal to undertake the contract work

Return on average investment

c.	Compute the net present value of the proposal to undertake contract work, discounted at an annual rate of 12 percent.

Net present value

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