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Dayton Company has $15,000 to invest. It is trying to decide between two alternative uses of the funds. The alternatives are:

Project A Project B
Investment required $15,000 $15,000
Annual cash flows 4,000 -
Singe cash flow at the end of 0f 10 years - 60,000
Project life 10 years 10 years

Dayton's cost of capital of 16%.
Which investment would you recommend the Company accept?

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This solution explains how to decide which, of two investments, should be accepted by the given company.

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We should calculate the NPV of each investment and choose the one with the higher NPV
NPV = PV of cash flows - initial investment
Project A - The cash flows are $4,000 per ...

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