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

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?

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2. A new electric power generation plant is expected to cost $42,000,000 to complete. The revenues generated by the new plant are expected to be $3,875,000 per year, while operational expenses are estimated to be $2,000,000 per year. The plant will last 40 years, and the electric authority uses a 3% interest rate. Determine if the plant will be able to recover its investment using the following methods: a. IRR (show your solution for interpolation; use 5 decimal places for the interpolation procedure) b. Payback period

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 %

A proposal is being considered to improve an existing road connecting two medium size cities in West Africa to reduce transportation costs. The cost of the project is $1,000,000. Present annual transportation cost for all traffic amounts to $1,270,000 per year and would continue if no improvement is made. After the improvement, annual transportation costs are estimated to be $1,166,000. Assume the life of the project 20 years, and MARR is 12%. Should the project be undertaken? Evaluate this proposal by using the net present value method, benefit/cost method, and internal rate of return method. Assume costs appear at the beginning of each year while benefits at the end of a year.

#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))

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#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.