Tomʹs Donuts can invest in a new espresso machine that costs $500 and will yield expected profits of $350 each year for two years. At higher interest rates, the present discounted value of profits from the investment

A) increases.
B) decreases.
C) is unchanged.
D) is indeterminate from the given information.

Present Discounted Value

The present worth of a future amount of money or sequence of cash flows, calculated using a given interest rate.

Interest Rates

The cost of borrowing money, typically expressed as a percentage of the amount borrowed, charged by lenders to borrowers.

Expected Profits

The forecasted profit a business anticipates earning over a certain period, based on estimates of future revenues and costs.