Your firm is contemplating the purchase of a new $1,424,500 computer-based order entry system. The system will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its 5-year life. It will be worth $138,600 at the end of that time. You will be able to reduce working capital by $192,500 (this is a one-time reduction). The tax rate is 21 percent and your required return on the project is 22 percent and your pretax cost savings are $603,050 per year.    a. What is the NPV of this project?        b. What is the NPV if the pretax cost savings are $434,200 per year?        c. At what level of pretax cost savings would you be indifferent between accepting the project and not accepting it?

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Your firm is contemplating the purchase of a new $1,424,500 computer-based order entry system. The system will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its 5-year life. It will be worth $138,600 at the end of that time. You will be able to reduce working capital by $192,500 (this is a one-time reduction). The tax rate is 21 percent and your required return on the project is 22 percent and your pretax cost savings are $603,050 per year.

  

a. What is the NPV of this project?
 
 

  

b. What is the NPV if the pretax cost savings are $434,200 per year?
 
 

  

c. At what level of pretax cost savings would you be indifferent between accepting the project and not accepting it?

 
 
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