ealthy Food Ltd is considering to invest in one of the two following projects to buy new machinery. Each option will last 5 years and have no salvage value at the end. The company’s required rate of return for all investment projects is 7%. The cash flows of the projects are provided below.     Machinery 1 Machinery 2 Cost $396,000 $415,000 Future Cash Flows Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5   123,000 194,000 205,000 215,000 228,000   196, 000 204,000 212,000 217,000 233,000   Required: Identify which option of machinery should the company accept based on NPV method  (Note: Please round up the result of each calculation of PV to 2 decimal places only for simplification)

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ealthy Food Ltd is considering to invest in one of the two following projects to buy new machinery. Each option will last 5 years and have no salvage value at the end. The company’s required rate of return for all investment projects is 7%. The cash flows of the projects are provided below.

 

 

Machinery 1

Machinery 2

Cost

$396,000

$415,000

Future Cash Flows

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

 

123,000

194,000

205,000

215,000

228,000

 

196, 000

204,000

212,000

217,000

233,000

 

Required:

Identify which option of machinery should the company accept based on NPV method  (Note: Please round up the result of each calculation of PV to 2 decimal places only for simplification

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