Please correct answer and don't use hand rating Blue Angel, Incorporated, a private firm in the holiday gift industry, is considering a newproject. The company currently has a target debt-equity ratio of .35, but the industrytarget debt-equity ratio is .30. The industry average beta is 1.20. The market riskpremium is 6.3 percent and the risk-free rate is 4.5 percent. Assume all companies in thisindustry can issue debt at the risk-free rate. The corporate tax rate is 23 percent. Theproject requires an initial outlay of $875,000 and is expected to result in a $111,000 cashinflow at the end of the first year. The project will be financed at the company's targetdebt-equity ratio. Annual cash flows from the project will grow at a constant rate of 6percent until the end of the fifth year and remain constant forever thereafter. What is theNPV of the project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)NPV

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