At Macrohard, Inc. the cost of secret project X is $100,000. According to a confidential management report,
Question:
At Macrohard, Inc. the cost of secret project X is $100,000. According to a confidential management report, the following can be expected in each of the five years of the machine?s life.
Assume the cost of capital is 10%.
NPV = $45,187
a. What if the price of the machine turns out to be $120,000 instead of $100,000 (assume straight line depreciation)? What happens to net present value?
b) Instead, what if the economy booms and sales come in at $450,000 per year (variable costs remain at 77% of sales)? What happens to net present value?
c) Calculate the accounting break-even level of sales:
d) Calculate the break?even level of sales in units if the price per unit is $35:
e) Assume that a rival (Gill Bates, Inc.) is working on a similar project. If they can develop their product, you project that your sales estimate will be 10% lower than originally thought and that your variable costs will rise to 78.5% of sales due to higher promotional costs. Should you go ahead with the project?Financial and Managerial Accounting the basis for business decisions
ISBN: 978-0078111044
16th edition
Authors: Jan Williams, Susan Haka, Mark Bettner, Joseph Carcello