Stuart Airline Company is considering expanding its territory. The company has the opportunity to purchase one of two different used airplanes. The first airplane is expected to cost $13,770,000; it will enable the company to increase its annual cash inflow by $5,100,000 per year. The plane is expected to have a useful life of five years and no salvage value. The second plane costs $44,640,000; it will enable the company to increase annual cash flow by $9,300,000 per year. This plane has an eight-year useful life and a zero salvage value.   Required Determine the payback period for each investment alternative and identify the alternative Stuart should accept if the decision is based on the payback approach.

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Stuart Airline Company is considering expanding its territory. The company has the opportunity to purchase one of two different used airplanes. The first airplane is expected to cost $13,770,000; it will enable the company to increase its annual cash inflow by $5,100,000 per year. The plane is expected to have a useful life of five years and no salvage value. The second plane costs $44,640,000; it will enable the company to increase annual cash flow by $9,300,000 per year. This plane has an eight-year useful life and a zero salvage value.

 

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  1. Determine the payback period for each investment alternative and identify the alternative Stuart should accept if the decision is based on the payback approach. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)

a-1. Alternative 1 (First plane)
Alternative 2 (Second plane)
a-2. Stuart should accept
Payback Period
years
years
Transcribed Image Text:a-1. Alternative 1 (First plane) Alternative 2 (Second plane) a-2. Stuart should accept Payback Period years years
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