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Question 1: A project has an initial cost of $40,000, expected net cash inf lows of $9,000 per year for 7 years, and a cost of capital of 11%. What is the project's NPV? (Hint: Begin by construct-ing a time line.)
Question 2: Your division is considering two investment projects, each of which requires an up-front expenditure of $15 million. You estimate that the investments will produce the following net cash f lows:
Year
|
Project A
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Project B
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1
|
$5,000,000
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$20,000,000
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2
|
10,000,000
|
10,000,000
|
3
|
20,000,000
|
6,000,000
|
What are the two projects' net present values, assuming the cost of capital is 5%? 10%? 15%?
Question 1: Talbot Industries is considering launching a new product. The new manufacturing equipment will cost $17 million, and production and sales will require an initial $5 million investment in net operating working capital. The company's tax rate is 25%.
a. What is the initial investment outlay?
b. The company spent and expensed $150,000 on research related to the new product last year. What is the initial investment outlay?
c. Rather than build a new manufacturing facility, the company plans to install the equipment in a building it owns but is not now using. The building could be sold for $1.5 million after taxes and real estate commissions. What is the initial invest-ment outlay?
Question 2: The financial staff of Cairn Communications has identified the following information for the first year of the roll-out of its new proposed service:
Projected sales $18 million
Operating costs (not including depreciation) $9 million
Depreciation $4 million
Interest expense $3 million
The company faces a 25% tax rate. What is the project's cash f low for the first year (t 5 1)?
Question 3: Allen Air Lines must liquidate some equipment that is being replaced. The equipment originally cost $12 million, of which 75% has been depreciated. The federal-plus-state tax rate is 25%. What is the equipment's after-tax net salvage value?