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- May 11, 2021 at 11:16 pm #620343
Hi John
My issue is with regards to Mock Exam Section B Q31 :
Able Ltd is considering a new project for which the following information is available:
Expected life 5 years Estimated scrap value $20,000 Additional revenue from the project $120,000 per year Incremental costs from the project $30,000 Cost of capital 10%I have seen your following reply (which i couldn’t reply to it, hence a new topic)
“The scrap is an inflow of 20,000 in 5 years time, so discount this using the present value discount factor for 5 years at 10%.
The net cash inflow each year is 120,000 – 20,000 = 90,000 per year for 5 years, so discount this using the annuity factor for 5 years at 10%.”
Where I got confused:
When I discount 90k for 5 years and additional 20k (scrap value) at Y5 at 10% by using the discount factor instead of annuity, I get a different total.
This is what I did and failed in this question:
Y1 90000 x 0.909 = 81,810
Y2 90000 x 0.826 = 74,340
Y3 90000 x 0.751 = 67,590
Y4 90000 x 0.683 = 61,470
Y5 (90000 + 20000) x 0.621 = 68,310
TOTAL = 353,520
NPV = 353,520 – 300,000 = 53,520This is the answer:
Y1-Y5 90,000 x 3.791 = 341,190
Y5 20000 x 0.621 = 12,420
TOTAL = 353,610
NPV = 353,610 – 300,000 = 53,610Apologies if I am missing a very obvious error of mine. Really appreciate if you could clear this up for me.
Thanks
Regards
MiaMay 12, 2021 at 8:04 am #620370The difference is simply due to rounding because of the tables being rounded to 3 decimal places.
You will not be penalised for rounding the the real exam (a question like this would ask for the answer to the nearest $’thousand.
May 12, 2021 at 9:47 am #620386that’s great, thank you for a quick response 🙂
May 12, 2021 at 3:33 pm #620402You are welcome 🙂
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