Find the IRR (internal rate of return).

#3  Caspian Sea Drinks is considering the production of a diet drink. The expansion of the plant and the purchase of the equipment necessary to produce the diet drink will cost $22.00 million. The plant and equipment will be depreciated over 10 years to a book value of $3.00 million, and sold for that amount in year 10. Net working capital will increase by $1.08 million at the beginning of the project and will be recovered at the end. The new diet drink will produce revenues of $8.64 million per year and cost $1.58 million per year over the 10-year life of the project. Marketing estimates 17.00% of the buyers of the diet drink will be people who will switch from the regular drink. The marginal tax rate is 21.00%. The WACC is 10.00%. Find the NPV (net present value). Answer format: Currency: Round to: 2 decimal places.

1. Batinah Water Desalination project is a 15 year project. The project manager estimated that net initial investment expend in year zero is 100 million rials. The investment will be depreciated on a straight line basis to a 10 million book value by enc the project. During the operating phase revenue per year is 35 million and expense per year is estimated to be 20 million ria per year for 15 years. In year 15 net salvage value is estimated to be 15 million. WACC is estimated to be 10%. Tax Rate 209 1. Calculațe annual depreciation expenses 2. Calculate cash flow after tax CFAT in year 5 3. Calculate net present value. 4. Is it a good project Only final answers are required

1. Howell Petroleum is considering a new project that complements its existing business. The machine required for the project costs $3.82 million. The marketing department predicts that sales related to the project will be $2.52 million per year for the next four years, after which the firm expects to sell it for $500,000. The machine is a five-year class asset and will be depreciated down to zero over five years under the straight-line method. Cost of goods sold and operating expenses related to the project are predicted to be 25 percent of sales. Howell also needs to add net working capital of $200,000 immediately. The additional net working capital will be recovered in full at the end of the project’s life. The corporate tax rate is 35 percent. The required rate of return (or discount rate) for the project is 12.5 percent. Compute the NPV, IRR, and payback period of the project. The firm’s acceptable payback period is 3 years. Is this project acceptable to the firm?