Question

A firm with a WACC of 10% is considering the following mutually exclusive projects:

Answer 1

Answer:

Option e is the correct answer.

As the NPV of project 1 is higher than Project 2's NPV, Project 1 is recommended,

Explanation:

To determine which project to choose, we will calculate the net present value (NPV) of both projects and the project with the higher NPV will be chosen.

NPV is the present value of the future cash flows inflows expected from the project less any initial cost. The formula for NPV is as follows,

NPV = CF1 / (1+WACC)  +  CF2 / (1+WACC)^2  +  ... +  CFn / (1+WACC)^n  -  Initial outlay

Where,

• CF1, CF2,... is the cash flow in year 1, Year 2 and so on

NPV - Project 1 = 60 / (1+0.1)  +  60 / (1+0.1)^2  +  60 / (1+0.1)^3  +  

220 / (1+0.1)^4   +  220 / (1+0.1)^5  -  200

NPV - Project 1 = $236.076 rounded off to $236.08

NPV - Project 22 = 300 / (1+0.1)  +  300 / (1+0.1)^2  +  100 / (1+0.1)^3  +  

100 / (1+0.1)^4   +  100 / (1+0.1)^5  -  600

NPV - Project 2 = $126.1861 rounded off to $126.19

As the NPV of project 1 is higher than Project 2's NPV, Project 1 is recommended,