Bliss Beauty Products is considering an investment in one of two new product lines. The investment required for either product line is $2,800,000. The net cash flows associated with each product are shown below.
Year | Shampoo/Conditioner | Body Wash | ||||
1 | $700,000 | $400,000 | ||||
2 | 650,000 | 400,000 | ||||
3 | 550,000 | 400,000 | ||||
4 | 450,000 | 400,000 | ||||
5 | 450,000 | 400,000 | ||||
6 | 200,000 | 400,000 | ||||
7 | 100,000 | 400,000 | ||||
8 | 100,000 | 400,000 | ||||
Total | $3,200,000 | $3,200,000 |
a. Recommend a product offering to Bliss Beauty
Products, based on the cash payback period for each product
line.
Payback period for Shampoo/Conditioner:
Payback period for Body Wash:
b. All of the following statements are true regarding the product lines except:
c. Assume that instead of $550,000 of cash
flows in Year 3 and $450,000 in Year 4, the Shampoo/Conditioner had
cash flows of $600,000 in Year 3 and $550,000 in Year 4. What would
be the cash payback period assuming that the cash flows occur
uniformly throughout the year?
Answer to Part b.
All the statements are true except Statement b i.e. The Body wash earns cash faster than does the Shampoo/ Conditioners, as its Payback period is more than Shampoo/ Conditioners.
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