Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861704
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
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Chapter 10, Problem 17QP
Calculating EAC [LO4] You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. The Techron I costs $270,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $69,000 per year. The Techron II costs $475,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $36,000 per year. For both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project’s life and assume a salvage value of $45,000. If your tax rate is 35 percent and your discount rate is 10 percent, compute the EAC for both machines. Which do you prefer? Why?
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Calculating EAC You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. The Techron I costs $265,000, has a 3-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $41,000 per year. The Techron II costs $330,000, has a 5-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $52,000 per year. For both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project’s life and assume a salvage value of $25,000. If your tax rate is 21 percent and your discount rate is 9 percent, compute the EAC for both machines. Which do you prefer? Why?
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You are considering starting a new factory producing small electric heaters. Each unit will sell at a price of $65. The production cost of each heater is $50. The fixed cost of production is $58000. This project has an economic life of 11 years. The project requires an investment of $440000 in plants and
equipment. This equipment will be depreciated using a straight line depreciation method to a salvage value of zero. The required rate of return for the project is 10.5 percent. The marginal corporate tax rate is 22 percent. Based on these assumptions, calculate the number of units of production at the
accounting (net profit) break-even point.
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We are evaluating a project that costs $2,160,000, has a 8-year life, and has no salvage value. Assume that depreciation is straight-line
to zero over the life of the project. Sales are projected at 90,900 units per year. Price per unit is $38.91, variable cost per unit is
$24.00, and fixed costs are $863,000 per year. The tax rate is 21 percent and we require a return of 11 percent on this project.
Suppose the projections given for price, quantity, variable costs, and fixed costs are all accurate to within ±10 percent. Calculate the
best-case and worst-case NPV figures.
Note: A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to
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