Question

A project has an initial cost of $32,000 and a 3-year life. the company uses straight-line depreciation to a book value of zero over the life of the project. the projected net income from the project is $1,200, $2,300, and $1,800 a year for the next 3 years, respectively. what is the average accounting return?

Answer 1

Total profit= 1200 plus 2300 plus 1800
average profit = total profit divided by 3
average accounting return= average profit divided by initial investment= 5.52 percent
thats one way
other way is to take average investment = (intial investment plus scrap value) divided by 2