Net Present Value Carsen Sorensen, controller of Thayn Company, just received the following data associated with production of a new product: Expected annual revenues: $740,000 Projected product life cycle: five years Equipment: $810,000 with a salvage value of $100,000 after five years Expected increase in working capital: $110,000 (recoverable at the end of five years) Annual cash operating expenses: estimated at $444,000 Required rate of return: 8 percent The present value tables provided in Exhibit 19B.1 and Exhibit 19B.2 must be used to solve the following problems. Required: 1. Estimate the annual cash flows for the new product. Enter cash outflows as negative amounts and cash inflows as positive amounts. Year Cash Flow 0 $fill in the blank 1–4 $fill in the blank 5 $fill in the blank 2. Using the estimated annual cash flows, calculate the NPV. $fill in the blank 3. What if revenues were overestimated by $148,000? Redo the NPV analysis, correcting for this error. Assume the operating expenses remain the same. Enter cash outflows as negative amounts and cash inflows as positive amounts. Year Cash Flow Present Value 0 $fill in the blank $fill in the blank 1–4  fill in the blank  fill in the blank 5  fill in the blank  fill in the blank Net present value   $fill in the blank

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Carsen Sorensen, controller of Thayn Company, just received the following data associated with production of a new product:

  • Expected annual revenues: $740,000
  • Projected product life cycle: five years
  • Equipment: $810,000 with a salvage value of $100,000 after five years
  • Expected increase in working capital: $110,000 (recoverable at the end of five years)
  • Annual cash operating expenses: estimated at $444,000
  • Required rate of return: 8 percent

The present value tables provided in Exhibit 19B.1 and Exhibit 19B.2 must be used to solve the following problems.

Required:

1. Estimate the annual cash flows for the new product. Enter cash outflows as negative amounts and cash inflows as positive amounts.

Year Cash Flow
0 $fill in the blank
1–4 $fill in the blank
5 $fill in the blank

2. Using the estimated annual cash flows, calculate the NPV.
$fill in the blank

3. What if revenues were overestimated by $148,000? Redo the NPV analysis, correcting for this error. Assume the operating expenses remain the same. Enter cash outflows as negative amounts and cash inflows as positive amounts.

Year Cash Flow Present Value
0 $fill in the blank $fill in the blank
1–4  fill in the blank  fill in the blank
5  fill in the blank  fill in the blank
Net present value   $fill in the blank
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