We project unit sales for a new household-use laser-guided cockroach search and destroy system as follows:   Year Unit Sales 1 97,000 2 109,000 3 132,000 4 138,000 5 91,000     The new system will be priced to sell at $435 each.   The cockroach eradicator project will require $2,200,000 in net working capital to start, and total net working capital will rise to 15% of the change in sales. The variable cost per unit is $305, and total fixed costs are $1,700,000 per year. The equipment necessary to begin production will cost a total of $18 million. This equipment is mostly industrial machinery and thus qualifies for CCA at a rate of 20%. In five years, this equipment will actually be worth about 20% of its cost.   The relevant tax rate is 35%, and the required return is 15%. Based on these preliminary estimates, what is the NPV of the project? (Enter the answer in dollars. Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places. Omit $ sign in your response.)   NPV           $

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We project unit sales for a new household-use laser-guided cockroach search and destroy system as follows:

 

Year Unit Sales
1 97,000
2 109,000
3 132,000
4 138,000
5 91,000
 

 

The new system will be priced to sell at $435 each.

 

The cockroach eradicator project will require $2,200,000 in net working capital to start, and total net working capital will rise to 15% of the change in sales. The variable cost per unit is $305, and total fixed costs are $1,700,000 per year. The equipment necessary to begin production will cost a total of $18 million. This equipment is mostly industrial machinery and thus qualifies for CCA at a rate of 20%. In five years, this equipment will actually be worth about 20% of its cost.

 

The relevant tax rate is 35%, and the required return is 15%. Based on these preliminary estimates, what is the NPV of the project? (Enter the answer in dollars. Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places. Omit $ sign in your response.)

 

NPV           $ 

 
 
 
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