X-treme Vitamin Company is considering two investments, both of which cost $20,000. The cash flows are as follows:   Year Project A Project B 1 $ 23,000   $ 20,000   2   10,000     9,000   3   10,000     15,000       Use Appendix B for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods.   a-1. Calculate the payback period for Project A and Project B. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)   project A 0.87 years project B 1 year   b-1. Calculate the net present value for Project A and Project B. Assume a cost of capital of 8 percent. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)

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Problem 12-10 Payback and net present value [LO12-3, 12-4]

X-treme Vitamin Company is considering two investments, both of which cost $20,000. The cash flows are as follows:

 

Year Project A Project B
1 $ 23,000   $ 20,000  
2   10,000     9,000  
3   10,000     15,000  
 

 

Use Appendix B for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods.
 

a-1. Calculate the payback period for Project A and Project B. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
  project A 0.87 years project B 1 year

 

b-1. Calculate the net present value for Project A and Project B. Assume a cost of capital of 8 percent. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)
  

 
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