What is the payback period of a $10,000 investment with the…

What is the payback period of a $10,000 investment with the following cash flows? Year                              1                2              3              4                       Cash Flow            +$3,000      +$4,000    +$5,000    +$6,000    

Which of the following is true with regards to special cases…

Which of the following is true with regards to special cases in capital budgeting? I)  Setting the bid price requires finding the sales price point at which the project NPV is equal to zero. II)  In a cost-cutting proposal the reduction in costs has the same effect as an increase in sales.  III) The equivalent annual cost (EAC) is used to evaluate mutually exclusive projects with different economic lives if the projects are expected to be continuously replicated.

Given the following information and assuming straight-line d…

Given the following information and assuming straight-line depreciation to zero, what is the profitability index for this project? Initial investment = $80,000; life = 5 years; operating cash flow = $25,000 per year; salvage value = $10,000 in year 5; tax rate = 35%; discount rate = 10%.