Reference no: EM13356091
Selection of a machine through IRR.
The following machines are mutually exclusive.You may select only one.
Machine A will cost $150,000, save the company $40,000 per year for 5 years and can be sold for an additional $20,000 at the end of 5 years. At your firm's 10% cost of capital, it has a Net Present Value of $14,050. Its IRR (or ROI) is 13.4%.
Machine B will cost $190,000, save the company $50,000 per year for 5 years, and have a salvage value of $25,000. At your firm's 10% cost of capital, it has a Net Present Value of $15,062. Its IRR (or ROI) is 12.9%.
a. Which one would you choose?
b. Explain what is meant by the term,Internal Rate of Return.
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PRESENT VALUE OF A SINGLE PAYMENT
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(Payment to be received in the future)
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Year
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8%
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9%
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10%
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11%
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12%
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13%
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14%
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15%
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1
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0.9259
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0.9174
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0.9091
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0.9009
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0.8929
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0.8850
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0.8772
|
0.8696
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2
|
0.8573
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0.8417
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0.8264
|
0.8116
|
0.7972
|
0.7831
|
0.7695
|
0.7561
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3
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0.7938
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0.7722
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0.7513
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0.7312
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0.7118
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0.6931
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0.6750
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0.6575
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4
|
0.7350
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0.7084
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0.6830
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0.6587
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0.6355
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0.6133
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0.5921
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0.5718
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5
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0.6806
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0.6499
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0.6209
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0.5935
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0.5674
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0.5428
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0.5194
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0.4972
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6
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0.6302
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0.5963
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0.5645
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0.5346
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0.5066
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0.4803
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0.4556
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0.4323
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7
|
0.5835
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0.5470
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0.5132
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0.4817
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0.4523
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0.4251
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0.3996
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0.3759
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8
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0.5403
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0.5019
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0.4665
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0.4339
|
0.4039
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0.3762
|
0.3506
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0.3269
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9
|
0.5002
|
0.4604
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0.4241
|
0.3909
|
0.3606
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0.3329
|
0.3075
|
0.2843
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10
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0.4632
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0.4224
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0.3855
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0.3522
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0.3220
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0.2946
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0.2697
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0.2472
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11
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0.4289
|
0.3875
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0.3505
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0.3173
|
0.2875
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0.2607
|
0.2366
|
0.2149
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12
|
0.3971
|
0.3555
|
0.3186
|
0.2858
|
0.2567
|
0.2307
|
0.2076
|
0.1869
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|
13
|
0.3677
|
0.3262
|
0.2897
|
0.2575
|
0.2292
|
0.2042
|
0.1821
|
0.1625
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|
14
|
0.3405
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0.2992
|
0.2633
|
0.2320
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0.2046
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0.1807
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0.1597
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0.1413
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|
15
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0.3152
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0.2745
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0.2394
|
0.2090
|
0.1827
|
0.1599
|
0.1401
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0.1229
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|
16
|
0.2919
|
0.2519
|
0.2176
|
0.1883
|
0.1631
|
0.1415
|
0.1229
|
0.1069
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|
17
|
0.2703
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0.2311
|
0.1978
|
0.1696
|
0.1456
|
0.1252
|
0.1078
|
0.0929
|
|
18
|
0.2502
|
0.2120
|
0.1799
|
0.1528
|
0.1300
|
0.1108
|
0.0946
|
0.0808
|
|
19
|
0.2317
|
0.1945
|
0.1635
|
0.1377
|
0.1161
|
0.0981
|
0.0829
|
0.0703
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|
20
|
0.2145
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0.1784
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0.1486
|
0.1240
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0.1037
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0.0868
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0.0728
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0.0611
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PRESENT VALUE OF AN ORDINARY ANNUITY
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(Payments at the end of each year)
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Year
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8%
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9%
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10%
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11%
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12%
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13%
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14%
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15%
|
|
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1
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0.9259
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0.9174
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0.9091
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0.9009
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0.8929
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0.8850
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0.8772
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0.8696
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2
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1.7833
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1.7591
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1.7355
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1.7125
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1.6901
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1.6681
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1.6467
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1.6257
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3
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2.5771
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2.5313
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2.4869
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2.4437
|
2.4018
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2.3612
|
2.3216
|
2.2832
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|
4
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3.3121
|
3.2397
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3.1699
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3.1024
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3.0373
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2.9745
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2.9137
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2.8550
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5
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3.9927
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3.8897
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3.7908
|
3.6959
|
3.6048
|
3.5172
|
3.4331
|
3.3522
|
|
6
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4.6229
|
4.4859
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4.3553
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4.2305
|
4.1114
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3.9975
|
3.8887
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3.7845
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|
7
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5.2064
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5.0330
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4.8684
|
4.7122
|
4.5638
|
4.4226
|
4.2883
|
4.1604
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|
8
|
5.7466
|
5.5348
|
5.3349
|
5.1461
|
4.9676
|
4.7988
|
4.6389
|
4.4873
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|
9
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6.2469
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5.9952
|
5.7590
|
5.5370
|
5.3282
|
5.1317
|
4.9464
|
4.7716
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|
10
|
6.7101
|
6.4177
|
6.1446
|
5.8892
|
5.6502
|
5.4262
|
5.2161
|
5.0188
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|
11
|
7.1390
|
6.8052
|
6.4951
|
6.2065
|
5.9377
|
5.6869
|
5.4527
|
5.2337
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|
12
|
7.5361
|
7.1607
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6.8137
|
6.4924
|
6.1944
|
5.9176
|
5.6603
|
5.4206
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13
|
7.9038
|
7.4869
|
7.1034
|
6.7499
|
6.4235
|
6.1218
|
5.8424
|
5.5831
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|
14
|
8.2442
|
7.7862
|
7.3667
|
6.9819
|
6.6282
|
6.3025
|
6.0021
|
5.7245
|
|
15
|
8.5595
|
8.0607
|
7.6061
|
7.1909
|
6.8109
|
6.4624
|
6.1422
|
5.8474
|
|
16
|
8.8514
|
8.3126
|
7.8237
|
7.3792
|
6.9740
|
6.6039
|
6.2651
|
5.9542
|
|
17
|
9.1216
|
8.5436
|
8.0216
|
7.5488
|
7.1196
|
6.7291
|
6.3729
|
6.0472
|
|
18
|
9.3719
|
8.7556
|
8.2014
|
7.7016
|
7.2497
|
6.8399
|
6.4674
|
6.1280
|
|
19
|
9.6036
|
8.9501
|
8.3649
|
7.8393
|
7.3658
|
6.9380
|
6.5504
|
6.1982
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|
20
|
9.8181
|
9.1285
|
8.5136
|
7.9633
|
7.4694
|
7.0248
|
6.6231
|
6.2593
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