Question

A company is trying to decide which of two new product lines to introduce in the coming year. The company requires a 12% return on investment. The predicted revenue and cost data for each product line follows:


Product A Product B
Unit sales..................................................... 25,000 20,000
Unit sales price..................................................... $ 30 $ 30
Direct materials..................................................... $ 15,000 $ 8,000
Direct labor..................................................... $ 120,000 $ 80,000
Other cash operating expenses..................................................... $ 30,000 $ 25,000
New equipment costs..................................................... $2,500,000 $1,500,000
Estimated useful life (no salvage)..................................................... 5 years 5 years

The company has a 30% tax rate and it uses the straight-line depreciation method. The present value of an annuity of 1 for 5 years at 12% is 3.6048. Compute the net present value for each piece of equipment under each of the two product lines. Which, if either of these two investments is acceptable?

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