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Kalamoo Company has a machine that affixes labels to bottles. The machine has a book value of $60,000 and a remaining useful life of 3 years and no salvage value. A new, more efficient machine is available at a cost of $225,000 that will have a 5-year useful life with no salvage value. The new machine will lower annual variable production costs from $400,000 to $310,000. Should the old machine be retained or replaced?
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Repeat Requirements 1 and 2 under this assumption. Comment on the usefulness of this information.After discovering a new gold vein in the Colorado mountains, CTC Mining Corporation must decide whether to go ahead and develop the deposit. The most cost-effective method of mining gold is sulfuric acid extraction, a process that could result in environmental damage. Before proceeding with the extraction, CTC must spend 900,000 for new mining equipment and pay 165,000 for its installation. The mined gold will net the firm an estimated 350,000 each year for the 5-year life of the vein. CTCs cost of capital is 14%. For the purposes of this problem, assume that the cash inflows occur at the end of the year. a. What are the projects NPV and IRR? b. Should this project be undertaken if environmental impacts were not a consideration? c. How should environmental effects be considered when evaluating this or any other project? 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