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Jjosy8712y ago
Dear sir, I found this question in the book: the details of an investment project are as follow: cost of asset bought ate start of the project $80 000 annual cash inflows $25,000 cost capital 5% each year Life of the project 8 years. the present value of the project is: A -$120,000 B $120,000 C $81575 D -$81575 personally I got a D -$81,575 but the real answer is C. i dont understand
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor12y ago#1
The present value of the inflows is 25,000 x 6.463 (the 5% annuity factor) = 161575 The present value of the outflow is 80,000 The net present value is PV inflows minus PV outflows = 161575 - 80000 = 81575. (If you have not yet watched it, then do watch my free lecture on this.)
Jjosy8712y ago#2
thanks
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor12y ago#3
You are welcome :-)
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