Q. Assuming that Kinston has the ability to sell the prototype in year one for $300,000, the NPV of the Kinston Industries Mountain Bike Project is closest to
Q. Assuming that Kinston has the ability to sell the prototype in year one for $300,000, the NPV of the Kinston Industries Mountain Bike Project is closest to
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![Kinston Industries has come up with a new mountain bike prototype and is ready to go ahead with pilot production and test marketing. The pilot production and test
marketing phase will last for one year and cost $500,000. Your management team believes that there is a 50% chance that the test marketing will be successful and that
there will be sufficient demand for the new mountain bike. If the test-marketing phase is successful, then Kinston Industries will invest $3 million in year one to build a
plant that will generate expected annual after-tax cash flows of $400,000 in perpetuilty beginning in year two. If the test marketing is not successful, Kinston can still go
ahead and build the new plant, but the expected annual after-tax cash flows would be only $200,000 in perpetuity beginning in year two. Kinston has the option to stop
the project at any time and sell the prototype mountain bike to an overseas competitor for $300,000. Kinston's cost of capital is 10%.
Q. Assuming that Kinston has the ability to sell the prototype in year one for $300,000, the NPV of the Kinston Industries Mountain Bike Project is closest to:
A $90,000
OB $590,000
C$455,000
OD. $45,000](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fe24267a4-0d99-41ad-9e59-48078801137f%2F3e1a463b-910a-4020-ba06-c3d30f933b58%2F8gvfvcq_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Kinston Industries has come up with a new mountain bike prototype and is ready to go ahead with pilot production and test marketing. The pilot production and test
marketing phase will last for one year and cost $500,000. Your management team believes that there is a 50% chance that the test marketing will be successful and that
there will be sufficient demand for the new mountain bike. If the test-marketing phase is successful, then Kinston Industries will invest $3 million in year one to build a
plant that will generate expected annual after-tax cash flows of $400,000 in perpetuilty beginning in year two. If the test marketing is not successful, Kinston can still go
ahead and build the new plant, but the expected annual after-tax cash flows would be only $200,000 in perpetuity beginning in year two. Kinston has the option to stop
the project at any time and sell the prototype mountain bike to an overseas competitor for $300,000. Kinston's cost of capital is 10%.
Q. Assuming that Kinston has the ability to sell the prototype in year one for $300,000, the NPV of the Kinston Industries Mountain Bike Project is closest to:
A $90,000
OB $590,000
C$455,000
OD. $45,000
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