Exercise

Project proposals and cash flows projections

Your project managers have projected the cash flows for each of the proposals.

Project 1 provides higher short term cash flows, but Project 2 becomes more profitable over time.

The cash flow projections for both projects are as follows:

Year Project 1 Project 2
1 -$1,000 (initial investment) -$1,000 (initial investment)
2 $200 (cash flow) $150 (cash flow)
3 $250 $225
4 $300 $300
5 $350 $375
6 $400 $425
7 $450 $500
8 $500 $575
9 $550 $600
10 $600 $625

Note: The projections are provided in thousands. For example, $1,000 = $1,000,000. We will use the smaller denominations to make everything easier to read. This is also commonly done in financial statements with thousands or even millions in order to represent millions or billions.

Instructions

100 XP
  • Create a variable cf_project_1 and set it equal to a numpy array of the projected cash flows (as shown in the table) for Project 1.
  • Repeat the process for Project 2 and set it equal to cf_project_2.
  • Scale the original values by 1000x, i.e. multiply the original arrays by 1000.