Thursday 2 August 2012

Information on four investment proposals is given below:

Exercise 13-4 Preference Ranking [LO4]
Information on four investment proposals is given below:

   
Investment Proposal
  A B C D
  Investment required $ (85,000)   $ (200,000)  $ (90,000)   $ (170,000) 
  Present value of cash inflows   119,000      250,000     135,000      221,000  
 







  Net present value $ 34,000    $ 50,000   $ 45,000    $ 51,000  
 















  Life of the project   5 years      7 years     6 years      6 years  


Required:
1.
Compute the project profitability index for each investment proposal. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Proposal Project
Profitability
Index
A .40 correct    
B .25 correct    
C .50 correct    
D .30 correct    


2.
Rank the proposals in terms of preference.
   
  D C B A incorrect

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