Estimate net present value of the initial investment


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Q: Burchell Corporation is investigating buying a small used aircraft for the use of its executives. The aircraft would have a useful life of 7 years. The company uses a discount rate of 15% in its capital budgeting. The net present value of the initial investment and the annual operating cash cost is -$594,381. Management is having difficulty estimating the annual benefit of having the aircraft and estimating the salvage value of the aircraft. Ignoring the annual benefit, to the nearest whole dollar how large would the salvage value of the aircraft have to be to make the investment in the aircraft financially attractive?

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