4. A firm is evaluating a project which will cost $7,586 today and provide additional cash flows in years 1, 2, 3 and 4 of $5,568, $2,586, $2,586, and $7,560, respectively. The project will also employ $5,000 in working capital during the life of the project (allocated at the beginning and paid back in the last period). Its salvage value at the end of year 4 will be zero and the company uses a straight-line depreciation schedule. The firm uses a discount rate of 8%. a. What is the discounted payback, profitability index, NPV and IRR of the project? (Note: be sure to include working capital in the computations)

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4. A firm is evaluating a project which will cost $7,586 today and provide additional cash flows
in years 1, 2, 3 and 4 of $5,568, $2,586, $2,586, and $7,560, respectively. The project will
also employ $5,000 in working capital during the life of the project (allocated at the
beginning and paid back in the last period). Its salvage value at the end of year 4 will be zero
and the company uses a straight-line depreciation schedule. The firm uses a discount rate of
8%.
a. What is the discounted payback, profitability index, NPV and IRR of the project?
(Note: be sure to include working capital in the computations)
Transcribed Image Text:4. A firm is evaluating a project which will cost $7,586 today and provide additional cash flows in years 1, 2, 3 and 4 of $5,568, $2,586, $2,586, and $7,560, respectively. The project will also employ $5,000 in working capital during the life of the project (allocated at the beginning and paid back in the last period). Its salvage value at the end of year 4 will be zero and the company uses a straight-line depreciation schedule. The firm uses a discount rate of 8%. a. What is the discounted payback, profitability index, NPV and IRR of the project? (Note: be sure to include working capital in the computations)
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