Refer to the Flint Valley Expansion Data Set. Flint Valley Expansion Data Set Assume that Flint Valleys

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Refer to the Flint Valley Expansion Data Set.
Flint Valley Expansion Data Set
Assume that Flint Valley’s managers developed the following estimates concerning the expansion (all numbers assumed):
Number of additional skiers per day.................................................. 125
Average number of days per year that weather
conditions allow skiing at Flint Valley................................................ 160
Useful life of expansion (in years)....................................................... 8
Average cash spent by each skier per day........................................... $ 240
Average variable cost of serving each skier per day............................ $ 140
Cost of expansion .............................................................................. $ 8,000,000
Discount rate...................................................................................... 12%
Assume that Flint Valley uses the straight-line depreciation method and expects the lodge expansion to have a residual value of $960,000 at the end of its eight-year life.
Requirements
1. What is the project’s NPV? Is the investment attractive? Why or why not?
2. Assume that the expansion has no residual value. What is the project’s NPV? Is the investment still attractive? Why or why not?
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