Most Company has an opportunity to invest in one of two new projects. Project Y requires a $345,000 investment for new machinery with a six-year life and no salvage value. Project Z requires a $345,000 investment for new machinery with a five-year life and no salvage value. The two projects yield the following predicted annual results. The company uses straight-line depreciation, and cash flows occur evenly throughout each year. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1 and PVA of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)

Project Y Project Z
Sales $ 360,000 $ 288,000
Expenses
Direct materials 50,400 36,000
Direct labor 72,000 43,200
Overhead including depreciation 129,600 129,600
Selling and administrative expenses 26,000 26,000

Total expenses 278,000 234,800

Pretax income 82,000 53,200
Income taxes (38%) 31,160 20,216

Net income $ 50,840 $ 32,984

Compute each projectâs annual expected net cash flows.

Project Y Project Z
Determine each projectâs payback period.

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Compute each projectâs accounting rate of return.

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Project Z
Determine each projectâs net present value using 6% as the discount rate. Assume that cash flows occur at each year-end. (Round your intermediate calculations.)

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