Business 9609 · AS & A Level · Investment appraisal

Investment appraisal — practice question

The questions use the information shown in Table 1.1.
(a)[2]

With the data in Table 1.1, calculate the payback period.

(b)[2]

With the data in Table 1.1, calculate the net present value (NPV) over six years discounted at 8%.

(c)[12]

Evaluate LBM’s decision to go ahead with the hot water mine.

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This 16-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Payback period means the time needed to recover the initial investment.

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