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Questions -
Q1) Light Sweet Petroleum, Inc, is trying to evaluate a generation project with the following cash flows:
Year
|
Cash Flow
|
0
|
-$45,000,000
|
1
|
71,000,000
|
2
|
-15,000,000
|
Which of these values is/are the IRR(s) of the project (22.26%, 32.65%, 46.89%, 52.66% -31.67%, -74.87%)?
If the company requires a return of 12 percent on its investments, should it accept this project? Why?
Q2) Your firm has estimated the following cash flows for two mutually exclusive capital investment projects. The firm's required rate of return is 10%. The firm uses 3 years as the cut-off for payback period method.
Year
|
Project A Cash Flow
|
Project B Cash Flow
|
0
|
-$185,000
|
-$410,000
|
1
|
55,000
|
120,000
|
2
|
55,000
|
120,000
|
3
|
55,000
|
110,000
|
4
|
45,000
|
110,000
|
5
|
45,000
|
90,000
|
6
|
45,000
|
60,000
|
What is the Payback Period of Projects A and B?
Which project would you accept on the basis of payback period?
What is the NPV of projects A and B?
Which project would you accept on the basis of NPV?
What is the PI of projects A and B?
Which project would you accept on the basis of PI?
What is the IRR of projects A and B?
Which project would you accept on the basis of IRR?
Is there a conflict between the methods?
Which project(s) would you accept and why?
What would be your answer to 10 above if the projects were independent?
Q3) Lopez Industries has identified the following two mutually exclusive capital investment projects:
Year
|
Project A
|
Project B
|
0
|
-16000
|
-15500
|
1
|
400
|
12500
|
2
|
800
|
8000
|
3
|
13000
|
800
|
4
|
14000
|
800
|
What is the IRR for each of these projects? If you apply the IRR decision rule, which project should the company accept? Is this decision necessarily correct?
If the required return is 11%, what is the NPV for each of these projects? Which project should the firm accept if they apply the NPV rule?