Abbott wants to increase their marketing for Pedialyte leading up to St. Patrick's Day this year. They launch a Superbowl ad on 2/13/2022, costing them $5,000,000, and they launch a secondary campaign in early March (3/6) costing $800,000. They expect to see sales starting at $500,000 on 2/20, increasing by 20% every week for 6 weeks. Assuming a MARR of 12%, what is the present value of this project at the start of the campaign if they stop attributing sales to this on 4/3/2022?
Abbott wants to increase their marketing for Pedialyte leading up to St. Patrick's Day this year. They launch a Superbowl ad on 2/13/2022, costing them $5,000,000, and they launch a secondary campaign in early March (3/6) costing $800,000. They expect to see sales starting at $500,000 on 2/20, increasing by 20% every week for 6 weeks. Assuming a MARR of 12%, what is the present value of this project at the start of the campaign if they stop attributing sales to this on 4/3/2022?
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Transcribed Image Text:Abbott wants to increase their marketing for Pedialyte leading up to St. Patrick's Day this year. They
launch a Superbowl ad on 2/13/2022, costing them $5,000,000, and they launch a secondary campaign
in early March (3/6) costing $800,000. They expect to see sales starting at $500,000 on 2/20, increasing
by 20% every week for 6 weeks. Assuming a MARR of 12%, what is the present value of this project at the
start of the campaign if they stop attributing sales to this on 4/3/2022?
$602,449
$597,437
$563,446
$321,998
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