Gamma Company is considering an investment proposal that would require an initial outlay of $800,000, and would yield yearly cash flows of $200,000 for 9 years. The company uses a discount rate of 10%. What is the NPV of the investment? Present value of annuity of $1:

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To calculate the NPV, we need to discount the cash flows to their present value and subtract the initial investment. Using the present value of annuity formula and a discount rate of 10%, we can calculate the present value of the cash flows as follows:

PV of cash flows = $200,000 x (1 - 1/1.1^9) / 0.1 = $1,799,260.20

NPV = PV of cash flows - initial investment = $1,799,260.20 - $800,000 = $999,260.20

So the NPV of the investment is $999,260.20. However, since we are only given answer choices in thousands of dollars, we need to divide this amount by 1,000 to get the closest answer choice, which is C) $351,800. Therefore, C) is the best choice.

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