You are a manager at Northern Fibre, which is considering expanding its operations in synthetic fibre manufacturing. Your boss comes into your office, drops a consultant's report on your desk, and complains, "We owe these consultants $1.5 million for this report, and I am not sure their analysis makes sense. Before we spend the $17 million on new equipment needed for this project, look it over and give me your opinion." You open the report and find the following estimates (in millions of dollars): Sales revenue - Cost of goods sold = Gross profit - General, sales, and administrative expenses - Depreciation = Net operating income 1 2 28.000 28.000 16.800 16.800 11.200 11.200 1.360 1.360 1.700 1.700 8.1400 8.1400 ... 9 10 28.000 28.000 16.800 16.800 11.200 11.200 1.360 1.360 1.700 1.700 8.1400 8.1400 b. If the cost of capital for this project is 9%, what is your estimate of the value of the new project? Value of project = $ million (Round to three decimal places.)

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You are a manager at Northern Fibre, which is considering expanding its operations in synthetic fibre
manufacturing. Your boss comes into your office, drops a consultant's report on your desk, and complains, "We
owe these consultants $1.5 million for this report, and I am not sure their analysis makes sense. Before we spend
the $17 million on new equipment needed for this project, look it over and give me your opinion." You open the
report and find the following estimates (in millions of dollars):
Sales revenue
- Cost of goods sold
= Gross profit
- General, sales, and administrative expenses
- Depreciation
= Net operating income
1
2
28.000
28.000
16.800
16.800
11.200
11.200
1.360
1.360
1.700 1.700
8.1400
8.1400
9
28.000
16.800
11.200
1.360
1.700
8.1400
10
28.000
16.800
11.200
1.360
1.700
8.1400
b. If the cost of capital for this project is 9%, what is your estimate of the value of the new project?
Value of project = $ million (Round to three decimal places.)
Transcribed Image Text:You are a manager at Northern Fibre, which is considering expanding its operations in synthetic fibre manufacturing. Your boss comes into your office, drops a consultant's report on your desk, and complains, "We owe these consultants $1.5 million for this report, and I am not sure their analysis makes sense. Before we spend the $17 million on new equipment needed for this project, look it over and give me your opinion." You open the report and find the following estimates (in millions of dollars): Sales revenue - Cost of goods sold = Gross profit - General, sales, and administrative expenses - Depreciation = Net operating income 1 2 28.000 28.000 16.800 16.800 11.200 11.200 1.360 1.360 1.700 1.700 8.1400 8.1400 9 28.000 16.800 11.200 1.360 1.700 8.1400 10 28.000 16.800 11.200 1.360 1.700 8.1400 b. If the cost of capital for this project is 9%, what is your estimate of the value of the new project? Value of project = $ million (Round to three decimal places.)
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