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 23% each of the last three years. Casey is considering a capital budgeting project that would require a $4,100,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. Pigeon Company’s discount rate is 19%. The project would provide net operating income each year for five years as follows:

Sales $ 4,000,000
Variable expenses 1,840,000
Contribution margin 2,160,000
Fixed expenses:
Advertising, salaries, and other fixed out-of-pocket costs $ 760,000
Depreciation 820,000
Total fixed expenses 1,580,000
Net operating income $ 580,000
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-b. Would Casey be inclined to pursue this investment opportunity?