What is the Net Present Value of the project, using an interest rate of 8.0%? Should you undertake the project?, assignment help

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1. a. Yes/No ________: Should your company invest $1,000,000 today in order to return net profit of $1,500,000 five years from now? Discount, using an interest rate of 12.0%. Show your work.


b. Yes/No ________: Should your company invest $1,000,000 today in order to return net profit of $1,500,000 five years from now? Discount, using an interest rate of 6.0%. Show your work.

2. For #1b, what is your decision if there is only an 80% probability of achieving the $1,500,000 five years from now? Show your work.

3. Use the following stream of revenue and expenses for a proposed corporate investment:

Year  Expense  Revenue
0  $1,000,000 


3  $500,000 
4  $700,000

6  $100,000 
7  $1,700,000

a. What is the Net Present Value of the project, using an interest rate of 8.0%? Should you undertake the project?
b. If all the expenses have a 100% probability of being accurate, but the revenue in Year 4 has a 90% probability and the revenue in Year 7 has an 80% probability, what is the "expected" Net Present Value of the project, using an interest rate of 8.0%? Should you undertake the project?


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Question 1a
No. You should not invest.
Workings:
To determine the future value of the investment, discount $1,000,000 at 12% for 5 years using
the formula below:
FV= P (1+R)N where FV is the future value, P the principal amount, R the interest rate and N the
time
FV= $1,000,000(1+0.12)5 = $1,762,342
Since you will get $1,500,000 which is lower than $1,762,...


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