9.  A company is considering a £70,000 investment in a machine that would produce 10,000 items per year for 3 years before being sold for £10,000; these would incur £7 of variable costs and sell for £12 each. Extra fixed costs incurred would be £23,000 pa. Adrian has 10% cost of capital and has calculated the NPV to be £4,632. Tax can be ignored.   What is the sensitivity of the decision to changes in the estimate of sales volume? A)  1.6% B)  2.7% C)  3.7% D)  6.9%

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9.  A company is considering a £70,000 investment in a machine that would produce 10,000 items per year for 3 years before being sold for £10,000; these would incur £7 of variable costs and sell for £12 each. Extra fixed costs incurred would be £23,000 pa. Adrian has 10% cost of capital and has calculated the NPV to be £4,632. Tax can be ignored.

 

What is the sensitivity of the decision to changes in the estimate of sales volume?

A)  1.6%

B)  2.7%

C)  3.7%

D)  6.9%

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