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Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)

4th Edition

ISBN:9781305970663

Author:Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen

Publisher:Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen

Chapter19: Capital Investment

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 17E: Postman Company is considering two independent projects. One project involves a new product line,...

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Colsen Communications is trying to estimate the first-year cash flow (at Year 1) for a proposed project. The assets required for the project were fully depreciated at the time of purchase. The financial staff has collected the following information on the project:

Sales revenues	$20 million
Operating costs	16 million
Interest expense	2 million

The company has a 25% tax rate, and its WACC is 13%.

Write out your answers completely. For example, 13 million should be entered as 13,000,000.

What is the project's operating cash flow for the first year (t = 1)? Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
$

If this project would cannibalize other projects by $1.5 million of cash flow before taxes per year, how would this change your answer to part a? Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
The firm's OCF would now be $ .

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