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Chapter21 – Investment Appraisal Test question no2, 3 & 4

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  • September 20, 2014 at 12:22 pm #195651
    Luana
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    For Question no2. The answers at the back has taken discounting at 20% so i have 2 points to compare with but then i don’t know why the workings to get the IRR were taken as explained at the back. (12%+8%x33830/33830+11790) since in example 2 of the chapter you explained that IRR = 10% + (6660/8820 *5%) Any explanation about this will help me understand it better pls.

    For Question no 3 my workings gave me the answer of 3.6years and answers at the back says it should be C ‘within 3 years’.

    Question no.4 my workings gave me the answer of 3.34 years answers at the back says within 4 years.

    Are my above answers correct and how do i decide if its within 3yrs of within 4yrs?

    Thanks

    September 20, 2014 at 6:14 pm #195680
    John Moffat
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    Question 2:

    To calculate the IRR, you can use any two guesses at interest rates, as I explain in the lecture. (I assume you have watched the lecture?)

    Since question 1 asked for the NPV at 12%, then it is sensible to use that as one of the guesses. I chose to use 20% as the second guess.

    The workings are then exactly the same as the workings in the lecture for example 2 – we apportion linearly between the two NPV’s.

    September 20, 2014 at 6:16 pm #195681
    John Moffat
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    Question 3:

    We are after the number of years it takes to get back the 270,000.

    After 2 years we have had back a total of 230,000.
    After 3 years we have had back a total of 330,000.

    So, to get back 270,000 must be somewhere between 2 and 3 years. i.e. less than 3 years or within 3 years. (Within 3 years means less than 3 years).

    (I do not understand how you got 3.6)

    September 20, 2014 at 6:17 pm #195682
    John Moffat
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    Question 4:

    This should not make sense if you have read my answer to question 3 above 🙂

    3.34 years is less than 4 years, so it is within 4 years.

    September 20, 2014 at 7:00 pm #195690
    Luana
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    Thanks for your time. I went through them again and got it now. 🙂

    September 21, 2014 at 8:58 am #195744
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome, Luana 🙂

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