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3.1 Consider the following financial statement information for
the BAW Company: Item Beginning Ending Inventory 5990 4880 Accounts
receivable 4796 5200 Accounts payable 5640 6550 Credit sales R85
000 Cost of goods sold R66 000 Calculate the operating cycle and
cash cycle. Provide your final answers only 3.1.1 Operating Cycle
[3] 3.1.2 Cash Cycle [3] 3.2 You have been appointed as the
Financial Controller of BAW. You need to evaluate the following two
mutually exclusive projects with the following cash flows: Year
Project A (CFs in Rands) Project B (CFs in Rands) 0 - 45 000 - 50
000 1 20 000 10 000 2 15 000 25 000 3 17 500 15 000 4 5 000 5 000
The cost of capital for these two projects is 12%. From the above
information, calculate the following. Provide your final answers
only [8] 3.2.1 Net Present Value (NPV) of Project A, and 3.2.2 Net
Present Value of Project B 3.2.3 Payback period in years of Project
A, and 3.2.4 Payback period in years of Project B 3.2.5 Internal
rate of return (IRR) of Project A, and 3.2.6 Internal rate of
return (IRR) of Project B 3.2.7 Between the two projects, Project B
would be the better opportunity to invest in based upon your
calculations previously. True or False? [2]