7.15 A project to extend canals for vegetable crop irri- gation into an area that was recently cleared of Mesquite trees (a nuisance tree in Texas) and large weeds is projected to have a capital cost of $2,000,000. Annual maintenance and operation costs will be $100,000 per year. Annual favorable consequences to the general public of $820,000 per year will be offset to some extent by annual adverse consequences of $400,000 to a portion of the general public. If the project is assumed to have a 20-year life, what is the conventional B/C ratio at an interest rate of 8% per year? ? 7

The Ulmer Uranium Company is deciding whether or not to open a strip mine whose net cost is $4.4 million. Net cash inflows are expected to be $27.7 million, all coming at the end of Year 1. The land must be returned to its natural state at a cost of $25 million, payable at the end of Year 2. Plot the project’s NPV profile. Should the project be accepted if r = 8%? If r = 14%? Explain your reasoning. Can you think of some other capital budgeting situations in which negative cash flows during or at the end of the project’s life might lead to multiple IRRs? What is the project’s MIRR at r = 8%? At r = 14%? Does the MIRR method lead to the same accept-reject decision as the NPV method?

Washington-Pacific (W-P) invested $4 million to buy a tract of land and plant some young pine trees. The trees can be harvested in 10 years, at which time W-P plans to sell the forest at an expected price of $8 million. What is W-P’s expected rate of return?

! Required information A government-funded wind-based electric power generation company in the southern part of the country has developed the following estimates (in $1000) for a new turbine farm. The MARR is 10% per year and the project life is 25 years. Benefits: $45,000 in year 0; $27,000 in year 6 Government savings: $2,000 in years 1 through 20 Cost: $48,000 in year O Disbenefits: $3000 in years 1 through 10 NOTE: This is a multi-part question. Once an answer is submitted, you will be unable to return to this part. Calculate the conventional B/C ratio. The conventional B/C ratio is

#4 Caspian Sea Drinks is considering the production of a diet drink. The expansion of the plant and the purchase of the equipment necessary to produce the diet drink will cost $27.00 million. The plant and equipment will be depreciated over 10 years to a book value of $2.00 million, and sold for that amount in year 10. Net working capital will increase by $1.48 million at the beginning of the project and will be recovered at the end. The new diet drink will produce revenues of $9.35 million per year and cost $1.56 million per year over the 10-year life of the project. Marketing estimates 17.00% of the buyers of the diet drink will be people who will switch from the regular drink. The marginal tax rate is 24.00%. The WACC is 10.00%. Find the IRR (internal rate of return). Answer format: Percentage Round to: 4 decimal places (Example: 9.2434%, % sign required. Will accept decimal format rounded to 6 decimal places (ex: 0.092434))

#4 Caspian Sea Drinks is considering the production of a diet drink. The expansion of the plant and the purchase of the equipment necessary to produce the diet drink will cost $28.00 million. The plant and equipment will be depreciated over 10 years to a book value of $2.00 million, and sold for that amount in year 10. Net working capital will increase by $1.23 million at the beginning of the project and will be recovered at the end. The new diet drink will produce revenues of $8.78 million per year and cost $2.27 million per year over the 10-year life of the project. Marketing estimates 17.00% of the buyers of the diet drink will be people who will switch from the regular drink. The marginal tax rate is 34.00%. The WACC is 15.00%. Find the IRR (internal rate of return). Submit Answer format: Percentage Round to: 4 decimal places (Example: 9.2434%, % sign required. Will accept decimal format rounded to 6 decimal places (ex: 0.092434))

#3 Caspian Sea Drinks is considering the production of a diet drink. The expansion of the plant and the purchase of the equipment necessary to produce the diet drink will cost $24.00 million. The plant and equipment will be depreciated over 10 years to a book value of $2.00 million, and sold for that amount in year 10. Net working capital will increase by $1.31 million at the beginning of the project and will be recovered at the end. The new diet drink will produce revenues of $9.15 million per year and cost $1.69 million per year over the 10-year life of the project. Marketing estimates 10.00% of the buyers of the diet drink will be people who will switch from the regular drink. The marginal tax rate is 24.00%. The WACC is 14.00%. Find the NPV (net present value). Answer format: Currency: Round to: 2 decimal places.

A project requires an immediate investment of $10,000 for the purchase and installation of equipment.  The project is expected to generate after-tax cashflows in the amount of $3,000 at the end of each of the next five years.  What is the IRR?  [Select the best answer, please.]  11 %   13 %   15 %   18 %   20 %

#3 Caspian Sea Drinks is considering the production of a diet drink. The expansion of the plant and the purchase of the equipment necessary to produce the diet drink will cost $22.00 million. The plant and equipment will be depreciated over 10 years to a book value of $1.00 million, and sold for that amount in year 10. Net working capital will increase by $1.37 million at the beginning of the project and will be recovered at the end. The new diet drink will produce revenues of $9.24 million per year and cost $2.26 million per year over the 10-year life of the project. Marketing estimates 20.00% of the buyers of the diet drink will be people who will switch from the regular drink. The marginal tax rate is 33.00%. The WACC is 15.00%. Find the NPV (net present value). Submit Answer format: Currency: Round to: 2 decimal places.

Complete solution 6. The Green Spaces project involves purchasing equipment worth $300,000. Assuming a flat rate depreciation of 10% per year, calculate the book value of the equipment after 4 years (define a recurrence relation to answer this question). 7. If the Residential Infrastructure budget is used to purchase specialized machinery costing $800,000 with a unit cost depreciation of $20,000 per year, determine the book value after 3 years (define a recurrence relation to answer this question). The city expects the population in the Residential Infrastructure area to grow exponentially at a rate of 2% per year. a. Calculate the projected population after 10 years if the current population is 50,000 (define a recurrence relation to answer this question). b. Draw a graph illustrating the population growth over 10 years.