Garrett Boone, Grouper Enterprises’ vice president of operations, needs to replace an automatic lathe on the production line. The model he is considering has a sales price of $255,530 and will last for 7 years. It will have no salvage value at the end of its useful life. Garrett estimates the new lathe will reduce raw materials scrap by $38,900 per year. He also believes the lathe will reduce energy costs by $26,750 per year. If he purchases the new lathe, he will be able to sell the old lathe for $5,305.Click here to view the factor table.(a) Calculate the lathe’s internal rate of return. Internal rate of return   $   %   (b) If Grouper Enterprises uses a 13% hurdle rate, should Garrett purchase the lathe?  YesNo     Click if you would like to Show Work for this question: Open Show Work

DeYoung Entertainment Enterprises is considering replacing the latex molding machine it uses to fabricate rubber chickens with a newer, more efficient model. The current machine has a book value of $600,000 and is being depreciated by $120,000 per year over its remaining useful life of 5 years. The current machine would be worn out and worthless in 5 years, but DeYoung can sell it now to a Halloween mask manufacturer for $180,000. If DeYoung doesn't replace the current machine, it will have no salvage value at the end of its useful life. The new machine has a purchase price of $825,000, an estimated useful life and MACRS class life of 5 years, and an estimated salvage value of $105,000. The applicable depreciation rates are 20.00%, 32.00%, 19.20%, 11.52%, 11.52%, and 5.76%. Being highly efficient, it is expected to economize on electric power usage, labor, and repair costs, and, most importantly, to reduce the number of defective chickens. In total, an annual savings of $185,000 will…

Thurston Petroleum is considering a new project that complements its existing business. The machine required for the project costs $4.35 million. The marketing department predicts that sales related to the project will be $2.45 million per year for the next four years, after which the market will cease to exist. The machine will be depreciated to zero over its 4-year economic life using the straight-line method. Cost of goods sold and operating expenses related to the project are predicted to be 25 percent of sales. The company also needs to add net working capital of $175,000 immediately. The additional net working capital will be recovered in full at the end of the project’s life. The tax rate is 25 percent and the required return for the project is 10 percent.    What is the value of the NPV for this project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 1,234,567.89.)

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