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20 January, 21:07

MLB The company may build a $20M facility now to handle anticipated market demand for the next 10 years. Alternatively, the company may build a $10M facility now and expand at the end of 4 and 7 years to take care of the anticipated increase market demands. The 4 and 7-year expansions will cost the company $8M and $6M respectively. If money is worth 10%, compute the PW of costs for both alternatives.

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  1. 20 January, 21:15
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    Alternative 1 has present worth of $20,000,000.00

    Alternative 2 has present worth of $18,543,040.00

    Explanation:

    The present of the first alternative is the cost of the building the facility now, year zero which is $20 million. The value can be validated as follows:

    Year Cash flows Discount factor present worth

    cash flow * discount factor

    0 $20,00,000 1 / (1+10%) ^0=1 $20,000,000

    The PW of the second alternative:

    Year Cash flows Discount factor present worth

    cash flow * discount factor

    0 $10,000,000 1 / (1+10%) ^0=1 $10,000,000

    4 $8,000,000 1 / (1+10%) ^4=0.68301 $5,464,080

    7 $6,000,000 1 / (1+10%) ^7=0.51316 $3,078,960

    Present worth of second alternative $ 18,543,040

    Hence alternative with PW is better as it has lower present worth of $ 18,543,040.00
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