The Purple Lion Beverage Company expects the following cash flows from its manufacturing plant in Palau over the next five years:
Annual Cash Flows
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
$250,000 $37,500 $480,000 $300,000 $550,000
Required:
a) The CFO of the company believes that an appropriate annual interest rate on this investment is 4%. What is the present value of this uneven cash flow stream, rounded to the nearest whole dollar?