Reference no: EM132966930
MSC is evaluating the following projects for next year's capital program:
Project: Initial Investment (Rands): Length in Years: Annual Cash Flow (Rands)
A 3,000,000.00 6 720,000.00
B 3,500,000.00 5 980,000.00
C 4,000,000.00 7 905,000.00
D 5,000,000.00 4 1,720,000.00
E 6,000,000.00 6 1,510,000.00
F 7,000,000.00 5 1,950,000.00
G 8,000,000.00 7 1,730,000.00
Projects A and B are mutually exclusive and so are Projects D and E. MSC has a 12% cost of capital and a maximum of R15 million to spend on capital projects next year.
Required:
Problem 1: Use capital rationing to determine which projects should be included in MSC's capital program.