Applied Nanotech is thinking about introducing a new surface cleaning machine. The marketing department has come up with the estimate that Applied Nanotech can sell 14 units per year at $312,000 net cash flow per unit for the next six years. The engineering department has come up with the estimate that developing the machine will take a $15.7 million initial investment. The finance department has estimated that a discount rate of 17 percent should be used.

a.What is the base-case NPV?(A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Base-case NPV$

b.If unsuccessful, after the first year the project can be dismantled and will have an aftertax salvage value of $11.7 million. Also, after the first year, expected cash flows will be revised up to 19 units per year or to 0 units, with equal probability. What is the revised NPV?(Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Revised NPV$