Your company, which is financed entirely with common equity, plans to manufacture a new  product, a cell phone that can be worn like a wristwatch. Two robotic machines are  available to make the phone, Machine A and Machine B. The price per phone will be  P250.00 regardless of which machine is used to make it. The fixed and variable costs  associated with the two machines are shown below, along with the capital (all equity) that  must be invested to purchase each machine. The expected sales level is 25,000 units.  Your company has tax loss carry-forwards that will cause its tax rate to be zero for the life  of the project, so T = 0. How much higher or lower will the project's ROE be if you select  the machine that produces the higher ROE, i.e., what is ROEB − ROEA? (Hint: Since the  firm uses no debt and its tax rate is zero, ROE = EBIT/Required investment.)

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Your company, which is financed entirely with common equity, plans to manufacture a new 
product, a cell phone that can be worn like a wristwatch. Two robotic machines are 
available to make the phone, Machine A and Machine B. The price per phone will be 
P250.00 regardless of which machine is used to make it. The fixed and variable costs 
associated with the two machines are shown below, along with the capital (all equity) that 
must be invested to purchase each machine. The expected sales level is 25,000 units. 
Your company has tax loss carry-forwards that will cause its tax rate to be zero for the life 
of the project, so T = 0. How much higher or lower will the project's ROE be if you select 
the machine that produces the higher ROE, i.e., what is ROEB − ROEA? (Hint: Since the 
firm uses no debt and its tax rate is zero, ROE = EBIT/Required investment.)

 

Machine A
Price per phone (P)
Fixed costs (F)
Variable cost'unit (V)
Expected unit sales (Q
Required equity investment
$250.00
$1,000,000
$200.00
25,000
$2,500,000
Machine B
$250.00
$2,000,000
$150.00
25,000
$3,000,000
Transcribed Image Text:Machine A Price per phone (P) Fixed costs (F) Variable cost'unit (V) Expected unit sales (Q Required equity investment $250.00 $1,000,000 $200.00 25,000 $2,500,000 Machine B $250.00 $2,000,000 $150.00 25,000 $3,000,000
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