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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 $4,900,000 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 $4,600,000 Variable expenses 2,080,000 Contribution margin 2,520,000 Fixed expenses: Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs $820,000 Depreciation 980,000 Total fixed expenses 1,800,000 Net operating income $ 720,000 Click here to view Exhibit 7B-1 and Exhibit 7B-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? 4-5. Would Casey be inclined to pursue this investment opportunity

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