Bowman Corporation is considering an investment in special-purpose equipment to enable the company to obtain a four-year government contract for the manufacture of a special item. The equipment costs $95,000 and would have no salvage value when the contract expires at the end of the four years. Estimated annual operating results of the project are as follows.                    Revenue from contract sales         $ 306,000   Expenses other than depreciation $ 211,000           Depreciation (straight-line basis)   23,750       234,750   Increase in net income from contract work         $ 71,250   Given the above stated information, how would I solve for the net present value of the proposal to undertake contract work, discounted at annual rate of 8%?

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Bowman Corporation is considering an investment in special-purpose equipment to enable the company to obtain a four-year government contract for the manufacture of a special item. The equipment costs $95,000 and would have no salvage value when the contract expires at the end of the four years. Estimated annual operating results of the project are as follows.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue from contract sales

 

 

 

 

$

306,000

 

Expenses other than depreciation

$

211,000

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation (straight-line basis)

 

23,750

 

 

 

234,750

 

Increase in net income from contract work

 

 

 

 

$

71,250

 

Given the above stated information, how would I solve for the net present value of the proposal to undertake contract work, discounted at annual rate of 8%?

 

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