We project unit sales for a new household-use laser-guided cockroach search and destroy system as follows: Year Unit Sales 1 98,500 110,500 133,500 139,500 92,500 2 3 4 The new system will be priced to sell at $450 each. The cockroach eradicator project will require $1,700,000 in net working capital to start, and total net working capital will rise to 15% of the change in sales. The variable cost per unit is $320, and total fixed costs are $2,000,000 per year. The equipment necessary to begin production will cost a total of $20 million. This equipment is mostly industrial machinery and thus qualifies for CCA at a rate of 20%. In five years, this equipment will actually be worth about 20% of its cost. The relevant tax rate is 35%, and the required return is 18%. Based on these preliminary estimates, what is the NPV of the project?

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We project unit sales for a new household-use laser-guided cockroach search and destroy system as follows:
Year
Unit Sales
1
98,500
110,500
133,500
139,500
92,500
2
3
4
5
The new system will be priced to sell at $450 each.
The cockroach eradicator project will require $1,700,000 in net working capital to start, and total net working capital will rise to 15% of
the change in sales. The variable cost per unit is $320, and total fixed costs are $2,000,000 per year. The equipment necessary to
begin production will cost a total of $20 million. This equipment is mostly industrial machinery and thus qualifies for CCA at a rate of
20%. In five years, this equipment will actually be worth about 20% of its cost.
The relevant tax rate is 35%, and the required return is 18%. Based on these preliminary estimates, what is the NPV of the project?
(Enter the answer in dollars. Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places. Omit $ sign
in your response.)
NPV
$ 9746925.07
Transcribed Image Text:We project unit sales for a new household-use laser-guided cockroach search and destroy system as follows: Year Unit Sales 1 98,500 110,500 133,500 139,500 92,500 2 3 4 5 The new system will be priced to sell at $450 each. The cockroach eradicator project will require $1,700,000 in net working capital to start, and total net working capital will rise to 15% of the change in sales. The variable cost per unit is $320, and total fixed costs are $2,000,000 per year. The equipment necessary to begin production will cost a total of $20 million. This equipment is mostly industrial machinery and thus qualifies for CCA at a rate of 20%. In five years, this equipment will actually be worth about 20% of its cost. The relevant tax rate is 35%, and the required return is 18%. Based on these preliminary estimates, what is the NPV of the project? (Enter the answer in dollars. Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places. Omit $ sign in your response.) NPV $ 9746925.07
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