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The local supermarket is considering itvesting in seif-checkout kiosks for its oustomers. The self-checkout kiosks wil cost $49,500 and have no residual value. Management expects the equipment to resul in net cash savings over three years as customers grow accustomed to ising the new iechnology, $13,000 the frost year, $21,000 the second year, $24,000 the third year. Assuming a 10 s discount rate, what is the NPV of the klosk investrent? is this a tavorable investment? Why or why not? (Cick the icon to view the present value of an annuly tabic.) (Click the icon to view the present value table.) (Click the icon to view the future value of an annuly thble). (Click the icon to view the future value table.) (Round your answer to the rearest whole dollar: Use parentheses or a mithis tign for negatie net present values.) The Noy is Reference Future Value of Annuity of $1 Present Value of $1 \begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline Periods & 1% & 2% & 3% & 4% & 5% & 6% & 8% & 10% & 12% & 14% & 16% & 18% & 20% \\ \hline Period 1 & 0.990 & 0.980 & 0.971 & 0.962 & 0.952 & 0.943 & 0.926 & 0.909 & 0.893 & 0.877 & 0.862 & 0.847 & 0.833 \\ Period 2 & 0.980 & 0.961 & 0.943 & 0.925 & 0.907 & 0.890 & 0.857 & 0.826 & 0.797 & 0.769 & 0.743 & 0.718 & 0.694 \\ Period 3 & 0.971 & 0.942 & 0.915 & 0.889 & 0.864 & 0.840 & 0.794 & 0.751 & 0.712 & 0.675 & 0.641 & 0.609 & 0.579 \\ Period 4 & 0.961 & 0.924 & 0.888 & 0.855 & 0.823 & 0.792 & 0.735 & 0.683 & 0.636 & 0.592 & 0.552 & 0.516 & 0.482 \\ Period 5 & 0.951 & 0.906 & 0.863 & 0.822 & 0.784 & 0.747 & 0.681 & 0.621 & 0.567 & 0.519 & 0.476 & 0.437 & 0.402 \\ Period 6 & 0.942 & 0.888 & 0.837 & 0.790 & 0.746 & 0.705 & 0.630 & 0.564 & 0.507 & 0.456 & 0.410 & 0.370 & 0.335 \\ Period 7 & 0.933 & 0.871 & 0.813 & 0.760 & 0.711 & 0.665 & 0.583 & 0.513 & 0.452 & 0.400 & 0.354 & 0.314 & 0.279 \\ Period 8 & 0.923 & 0.853 & 0.789 & 0.731 & 0.677 & 0.627 & 0.540 & 0.467 & 0.404 & 0.351 & 0.305 & 0.266 & 0.233 \\ Period 9 & 0.914 & 0.837 & 0.766 & 0.703 & 0.645 & 0.592 & 0.500 & 0.424 & 0.361 & 0.308 & 0.263 & 0.225 & 0.194 \\ Period 10 & 0.905 & 0.820 & 0.744 & 0.676 & 0.614 & 0.558 & 0.463 & 0.386 & 0.322 & 0.270 & 0.227 & 0.191 & 0.162 \\ Period 11 & 0.896 & 0.804 & 0.722 & 0.650 & 0.585 & 0.527 & 0.429 & 0.350 & 0.287 & 0.237 & 0.195 & 0.162 & 0.135 \\ Period 12 & 0.887 & 0.788 & 0.701 & 0.625 & 0.557 & 0.497 & 0.397 & 0.319 & 0.257 & 0.208 & 0.168 & 0.137 & 0.112 \\ Period 13 & 0.879 & 0.773 & 0.681 & 0.601 & 0.530 & 0.469 & 0.368 & 0.290 & 0.229 & 0.182 & 0.145 & 0.116 & 0.093 \\ Period 14 & 0.870 & 0.758 & 0.661 & 0.577 & 0.505 & 0.442 & 0.340 & 0.263 & 0.205 & 0.160 & 0.125 & 0.099 & 0.078 \\ Period 15 & 0.861 & 0.743 & 0.642 & 0.555 & 0.481 & 0.417 & 0.315 & 0.239 & 0.183 & 0.140 & 0.108 & 0.084 & 0.065 \\ Period 20 & 0.820 & 0.673 & 0.554 & 0.456 & 0.377 & 0.312 & 0.215 & 0.149 & 0.104 & 0.073 & 0.051 & 0.037 & 0.026 \\ Period 25 & 0.780 & 0.610 & 0.478 & 0.375 & 0.295 & 0.233 & 0.146 & 0.092 & 0.059 & 0.038 & 0.024 & 0.016 & 0.010 \\ Period 30 & 0.742 & 0.552 & 0.412 & 0.308 & 0.231 & 0.174 & 0.099 & 0.057 & 0.033 & 0.020 & 0.012 & 0.007 & 0.004 \\ Period 40 & 0.672 & 0.453 & 0.307 & 0.208 & 0.142 & 0.097 & 0.046 & 0.022 & 0.011 & 0.005 & 0.003 & 0.001 & 0.001 \\ \hline \end{tabular} Future Value of $1

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