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A company is considering two mutually exclusive projects requiring an initial cash outlay of Sh 10,000 each and with a useful life of 5 years....

      

A company is considering two mutually exclusive projects requiring an initial cash outlay of Sh 10,000 each and with a useful life of 5 years. The company required rate of return is 10% and the appropriate corporate tax rate is 50%. The projects will be depreciated on a straight line basis. The before depreciation and taxes cash flows expected to be generated by the projects are as follows.
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Required:
Calculate for each project
i. The payback period
ii. The average rate of return
iii. The net present value
iv. Profitability index
v. The internal rate of return
Which project should be accepted? Why?

  

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Kavungya
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Kavungya answered the question on April 13, 2021 at 08:33


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