P-2. One of your first assignments at the world famous Pez Candy Company located in Milford, Connecticut, is to evaluate two proposals for a new candy wrapping machine. Machine 1 will result in an annual cost savings (and therefore an increased profit) of $50,000. The machine costs $175,000. The useful life of machine 1 is 6 years. The cost of capital has been estimated to be 12%. Machine 2's cost is $200.232.60, however it's useful life is greater at 10 years and its cost of capital is slightly lower at 11%. The estimated cost savings for Machine 2 is $36,000 annually. You only need one machine. Using NPV analysis, what do you recommend and why?

We project unit sales for a new household-use laser-guided cockroach search and destroy system as follows: Year 1 2 3 4 5 The new system will be priced to sell at $465 each. The cockroach eradicator project will require $2,000,000 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 $335, and total fixed costs are $2,300,000 per year. The equipment necessary to begin production will cost a total of $21 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. NPV Unit Sales 100,000 112,000 135,000 141,000 94,000 The relevant tax rate is 35%, and the required return is 15%. 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.)…

Aria Acoustics, Incorporated (AAI), projects unit sales for a new seven-octave voice emulation implant as follows: Year 1 2 3 4 5 Unit Sales 74, 000 87, 000 106, 250 98, 500 67, 800 Production of the implants will require $1,750,000 in net working capital to start and additional net working capital investments each year equal to 15 percent of the projected sales increase for the following year. Total fixed costs are $3,700,000 per year, variable production costs are $260 per unit, and the units are priced at $390 each. The equipment needed to begin production has an installed cost of $17,500,000. Because the implants are intended for professional singers, this equipment is considered industrial machinery and thus qualifies as seven-year MACRS property. In five years, this equipment can be sold for about 20 percent of its acquisition cost. The tax rate is 25 percent and the required return is 17 percent. MACRS schedule a. What is the NPV of the project? Note: Do not round intermediate…

the process for producing a fruit-tree pesticide has a first cost of $200,000 with annual costs of $50,000 and revenue of $90,000 per year. What is the payback period in years?