Internal Rate of Return Lisun Company produces a variety of gardening tools and aids. The company is examining the possibility of investing in a new production system that will reduce the costs of the current system. The new system will require a cash investment of $4,607,200 and will produce net cash savings of $800,000 per year. The system has a projected life of 9 years.

Required:

Calculate the IRR for the new production system.

Respuesta :

Answer:

Internal Rate of Return (IRR) = 10%

Explanation:

The computation of IRR for the new production system is shown below:-

PV factor for Internal Rate of Return = Investment cost ÷ Annual net cash savings

PV factor for Internal Rate of Return = $4,607,200 ÷ $800,000

= 5.759

The PV factor 5.759 in Present value of a Annuity of $1 table for 9 years is closest to 10%

Internal Rate of Return (IRR) = 10%