Weston Clothing Company is considering manufacturing a new style of shirt, whose data are shown below. The equipment to be used would be depreciated by the straight-line method over its 3-year life and would have a zero salvage value, and no new working capital would be required. Revenues and other operating costs are expected to be constant over the project's 3-year life. However, this project would compete with other Weston's products and would reduce their pre-tax annual cash flows. What is the project's NPV? (Hint: Cash flows are constant in Years 1-3.) Cost of capital 10.0% Pre-tax cash flow reduction for other products (cannibalization) $5,000 Investment cost (depreciable basis) $80,000 Straight-line deprec. rate 33.333% Sales revenues, each year for 3 years $67,500 Annual operating costs (excl. deprec.) $25,000 Tax rate 25.0%   a. $6,196     b. $7,190     c. $7,550     d. $6,848     e. $6,522

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Weston Clothing Company is considering manufacturing a new style of shirt, whose data are shown below. The equipment to be used would be depreciated by the straight-line method over its 3-year life and would have a zero salvage value, and no new working capital would be required. Revenues and other operating costs are expected to be constant over the project's 3-year life. However, this project would compete with other Weston's products and would reduce their pre-tax annual cash flows. What is the project's NPV? (Hint: Cash flows are constant in Years 1-3.)

Cost of capital 10.0%
Pre-tax cash flow reduction for other products (cannibalization) $5,000
Investment cost (depreciable basis) $80,000
Straight-line deprec. rate 33.333%
Sales revenues, each year for 3 years $67,500
Annual operating costs (excl. deprec.) $25,000
Tax rate 25.0%
  a. $6,196  
  b. $7,190  
  c. $7,550  
  d. $6,848  
  e. $6,522  
 
 
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