Question: A) Seeing Red has a new project that will require fixed assets of $935,000, which will be depreciated on a 5-year MACRS schedule. The annual

A) Seeing Red has a new project that will require fixed assets of $935,000, which will be depreciated on a 5-year MACRS schedule. The annual depreciation percentages are 20.00 percent, 32.00 percent, 19.20 percent, 11.52 percent, and 11.52 percent, respectively. The company has a tax rate of 28 percent. What is the depreciation tax shield for Year 3?

 

B) Decision Trees. For questions B and C, please use the following information:

Ang Electronics, Inc., has developed a new DVDR. If the DVDR is successful, the present value of the payoff (when the product is brought to market) is $28.6 million. If the DVDR fails, the present value of the payoff is $10.2 million. If the product goes directly to market, there is a 40 percent chance of success. Alternatively, the company can delay the launch by one year and spend $1.32 million to test market the DVDR. Test marketing would allow the firm to improve the product and increase the probability of success to 70 percent. The appropriate discount rate is 12 percent.

Calculate the NPV of going directly to market.

 

C) Decision Trees. For questions B and C, please use the following information:

Ang Electronics, Inc., has developed a new DVDR. If the DVDR is successful, the present value of the payoff (when the product is brought to market) is $28.6 million. If the DVDR fails, the present value of the payoff is $10.2 million. If the product goes directly to market, there is a 40 percent chance of success. Alternatively, the company can delay the launch by one year and spend $1.42 million to test market the DVDR. Test marketing would allow the firm to improve the product and increase the probability of success to 70 percent. The appropriate discount rate is 11 percent.

Calculate the NPV of test marketing before going to market.

 

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