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NPV (Section B)

YYujin8y ago
Hello. Here is the question I'm struggling with: ??????????????????????????????????? Mukund Co is an all equity financed company that is considering a new project. Its beta factor is 1.2 but the project has 25% more business risk. The cashflows of the project, all in $s, including the scrap value at time 5, are as follows: Cashflow (200,000) 28,000 35,000 42,000 90,000 120,000 Timing ------- 0 ---------- 1 -------- 2 --------- 3 --------- 4 --------- 5 The risk free rate is 6% and the return of the market is 14%. Tax at 30% has been taken into an Islamic country, and wishes to know what is allowable under Islamic finance. ***Calculate the net present value of the project at a cost of capital of 20%. ?????????????????????????????????? I thought the answer could simply come out from multiplying CF by the discount factor of 20% (Yr.1 28k x 0.833) + (Yr.2 35k x 0.694) + (Yr.3 42k x 0.579) + (Yr.4 90k x 0.482) + (Yr.5 120k x 0.402) which would be ($36448). But when I checked the answer, the Yr. 2's CF was 75k and Yr.3's CF was 90k instead, and the answer was $20262. Would you please explain me through about this problem? Thank you. Yujin
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor8y ago#1
Where on earth did you find this question? I ask, because assuming that you have copied everything correctly, it does not make any sense - especially "tax at 30% has been taken into an Islamic country" does not mean anything!!! Also, for the question to say that the beta factor is 1.2, but the project has 25% more business risk, and then to ask you to discount at 20%, again is nonsense. As to where the answer has got the 75K and the 90K from, I have no idea. Does the answer not show the workings? If it is a question from the BPP Revision Kit, or if it is a past exam question, then tell me which the question is, so that I can read the whole question myself. However, I will be surprised if it is from either. You really should be using a Revision Kit from one of the ACCA approved publishers. Their questions are exam standard, and they have answers together with explanations.
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