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The management of Kitchen Shop is thinking of buying a new drill press to aid in adapting
parts for different machines. The press is expected to save Kitchen Shop $8,000 per year in
costs. However, Kitchen Shop has an old punch machine that isn't worth anything on the market
and that will probably last indefinitely. The new press will last 12 years and will cost $41,595.
(Ignore income tax effects.)
Required:
1. Compute the payback period of the new machine.
2. Compute the internal rate of return.
3. Interpretive Question: What uncertainties are involved in this decision? Discuss how they
might be dealt with.

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1. Payback period is the period in which the cash outflows are recovered

in $
Cash Outflow 41595

Cash inflow 8000 per annum for 12 years
(Here cash inflows are in nature of annuity as they are ...

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