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Casey Nelson is a divisional manager for Pigeon Company. His annual pay raises are largely determined by his division's return on investment (ROI), which has been above 24% each of the last three years. Casey is considering a capital budgeting project that would require a $5,050,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. Pigeon Company's discount rate is 20%. The project would provide net operating income each year for five years as follows: Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: $ 4,700,000 2,120, 000 2,580,000 Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs Depreciation $ 830,000 1,010,000 Total fixed expenses Net operating income 1,840,000 S 740,000 Click here to view Exhibit 13B-1 and Exhibit 13B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables Required: 1. What is the project's net present value? 2. What is the project's internal rate of return to the nearest whole percent? 3. What is the project's simple rate of return? 4-a. Would the company want Casey to pursue this investment opportunity? 4-b. Would Casey be inclined to pursue this investment opportunity?

Casey Nelson is a divisional manager for Pigeon Company. His annual pay raises are largely determined by his division’s return on investment (ROI), which has been above 24% each of the last three years. Casey is considering a capital budgeting project that would require a $5,050,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. Pigeon Company’s discount rate is 20%. The project would provide net operating income each year for five years as follows:

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