Question

Mattice Corporation is considering investing $720,000 in a project. The life of the project would be 11 years. The project would require additional working capital of $22,000, which would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The annual net cash inflows would be $154,000. The salvage value of the assets used in the project would be $32,000. The company uses a discount rate of 18%. (Ignore income taxes) Click here to view Exhibit 12B-1 and Exhibit 128-2 to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided Required Compute the net present value of the project. (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

Answer 1

Answer:

The Project should be rejected.

The Net present value is lower than zero. Meaning the returns on the investment yields a loss, as we are not able to cover our initial investments.

Explanation:

The Present value of the inflow and outflow should be considered before deciding the viability of the project.

Using the Net Present Value approach, we will want to consider against the outflows and at a certain cost of capital/rate of return if this projects meets at least the minimum threshold of breaking even. At this point the net cash flow would be at least zero for the project to be accepted.

Kindly review the document attached for detailed workings.