B&B has a new baby powder ready to market. If the firm goes directly to the market withthe product, there is only a 65 percent chance of success. However, the firm canconduct customer segment research, which will take a year and cost $1.13 million. Bygoing through research, B&B will be able to better target potential customers and willincrease the probability of success to 80 percent. If successful, the baby powder willbring a present value profit (at time of initial selling) of $18.3 million. If unsuccessful, thepresent value payoff is $5.3 million. The appropriate discount rate is 13percent. Calculate the NPV for the firm if it conducts customer segment research and if itgoes to market immediately. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter youranswers in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g.,1,234,567.89.)Market immediatelyResearch optionShould the firm conduct customer segment research or go to the market immediately?O Market immediatelyO Conduct research

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