System requires an initial investment in net working capital

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Kolby’s Korndogs is looking at a new sausage system with an installed cost of $538,000. This cost will be depreciated straight-line to zero over the project’s four-year life, at the end of which the sausage system can be scrapped for $114,000. The sausage system will save the firm $202,000 per year in pretax operating costs, and the system requires an initial investment in net working capital of $60,000.

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If the tax rate is 40 percent and the discount rate is 9 percent, what is the NPV of this project? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

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