The Management of Hence Corporation Is Considering the Purchase of a New

The management of Hence Corporation is considering the purchase of a new machine costing $200,000. The company's desired rate of return is 10%. The present value factors for $1 at compound interest of 10% for 1 through 5 years are 0.909, 0.826, 0.751, 0.683, and 0.621, respectively. In addition to the foregoing information, use the following data in determining the acceptability in this situation: $\begin{array}{|l|l|l|}\hline\text { Net } & \text { Income from } \\\text { Cash }\\ \hline\text { Flow }& \text {Operations }&\text { Year }\\\hline \$ 90,000 & \$ 50,000 & 1 \\\hline 60,000 & 20,000 & 2 \\\hline 50,000 & 10,000 & 3 \\\hline 45,000 & 5,000 & 4 \\\hline 45,000 & 5,000 & 5 \\\hline\end{array}$
The present value index for this investment is:

A) 0.88.
B) 1.45.
C) 1.14.
D) 0.70.