Newtown Corp. has to choose between two mutually exclusive projects. If it chooses project A, Newtown Corp. will have similar investment in three years. However, if it chooses project B, it will not have the opportunity to make a second inv ists the cash flows for these projects. If the firm uses the replacement chain (common life) approach, what will be the c present value (NPV) of project A and project B, assuming that both projects have a weighted average cost of capital of 1 Project A Year 0: Year 1: Year 2: Year 3: O $11,416 O $10,601 O $13,863 Cash Flow -$15,000 9,000 15,000 14,000 Project B Year 0; Year 1: Year 2: Year 3: Year 4: Year 5: Year 6: -$40,000 8,000 15,000 14,000 13,000 12,000 11,000

Newtown Corp. has to choose between two mutually exclusive projects. If it chooses project A, Newtown Corp. will have similar investment in three years. However, if it chooses project B, it will not have the opportunity to make a second inv ists the cash flows for these projects. If the firm uses the replacement chain (common life) approach, what will be the c present value (NPV) of project A and project B, assuming that both projects have a weighted average cost of capital of 1 Project A Year 0: Year 1: Year 2: Year 3: O $11,416 O $10,601 O $13,863 Cash Flow -$15,000 9,000 15,000 14,000 Project B Year 0; Year 1: Year 2: Year 3: Year 4: Year 5: Year 6: -$40,000 8,000 15,000 14,000 13,000 12,000 11,000

EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

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Chapter10: Capital Budgeting: Decision Criteria And Real Option

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