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Determine pay back period and net present value?

A company is considering two projects with the subsequent cash flow streams:

  Year

          Project A

             (Rs.)

      Project B

          (Rs.)

        Discount

    Factor at 10%

 

       0

       1

       2

       3

       4

 

        -2,50,000

            10,000

         1,00,000

         1,20,000

         1,00,000 

 

 

      -2,50,000

        1,30,000

        1,00,000

           80,000

           10,000 

 

 

        1.0000

        0.9091

        0.8264

        0.7513

        0.6830 

Determine if the cost of capital to the firm is 10%, rank the two projects in terms of

(a) pay back period; and (b) net present value.

Which of these criteria will you make use for selecting a project and why?


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