Optimal corporation wants to expand their manufacturing facilities. They have two choices, first to expand the current site at a cost of $290,000 per year for two years to complete the expansion, or...

Optimal corporation wants to expand their manufacturing facilities. They have two choices, first to expand the current site at a cost of $290,000 per year for two years to complete the expansion, or to sell their current site for $1.3 million and purchase a new larger facility at a cost of $900,000 in the industrial zone.

1. If the annual interest rate is 8%, evaluate the cash flows for the two options described above and decide which is the most financially beneficial to the corporation? [Note: you are supposed to show every step of your calculation and interpret the result.

If Optimal corporation wants to factor inflation in their calculations, what is the equivalent nominal interest rate if expected inflation rate is 4% in the coming years? Critically discuss the significance of including the factor of inflation in corporate finance calculations.