Bauer Industries is an automobile manufacturer. Management is currently evaluating a proposal to build a plant...

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Bauer Industries is an automobile manufacturer. Management is currently evaluating a proposal to build a plant that will manufacture lightweight trucks. Bauer plans to use a cost of capital of 12.4% to evaluate this project. Based on extensive research, it has prepared the incremental free cash flow projections shown in the following table (in millions of dollars): a. For this base-case scenario, what is the NPV of the plant to manufacture lightweight trucks? b. Based on input from the marketing department, Bauer is uncertain about its revenue forecast. In particular, management would like to examine the sensitivity of the NPV to the a. For this base-case scenario, what is the NPV of the plant to manufacture lightweight trucks? The NPV of the plant to manufacture lightweight trucks, based on the estimated free cash Bauer Industries is an automobile manufacturer. Management is currently evaluating a proposal to build a plant that will manufacture lightweight trucks. Bauer plans to use a cost of capital of 12.4% to evaluate this project. Based on extensive research, it has prepared the incremental free cash flow projections shown in the following table (in millions of dollars): a. For this base-case scenario, what is the NPV of the plant to manufacture lightweight trucks? b. Based on input from the marketing department, Bauer is uncertain about its revenue forecast. In particular, management would like to examine the sensitivity of the NPV to the a. For this base-case scenario, what is the NPV of the plant to manufacture lightweight trucks? The NPV of the plant to manufacture lightweight trucks, based on the estimated free cash