EOC 11 HWD Questions Problem 11-07 (New-Project Analysis) Question 2 of 3 Check My Work Tools eBook Problem Walk-Through ips New-Project Analysis The president of your company, MorChuck Enterprises, has asked you to evaluate the proposed acquisition of a new chromatograph for the firm's RD department. The equipment's basic price is $61,000, and it would cost another $18,000 to modify it for special use by your firm. The chromatograph, which fals into the MACRS 5-year class, would be sold after 3 years for $28,500. The MACRS rates for the first three years are 0.3333, 0.4445 and 0.1481. (Ignore the half-year convention for the straight-line method.) Use of the equipment would require an increase in net working capital (spare parts inventory) of $2,240. The machine would have no effect on revenues, but it is expected to save the firm $21,760 per year in before-tax operating costs, mainly labor. The firm's marginal federal-plus-state tax rate is 25%. Cash outflows and negative NPV value, if any, should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest dollar 3. What is the Year-O net cash flow? ips $ -81240 b. What are the net operating cash flows in Years 1, 2, and 37 (Note: Do not include recovery of NWC or salvage value in Year 3's calculation here) Year 1: $ 26331 Year 2: $ Year 3: $ c. What is the additional (nonoperating) cash flow in Year 3? $ d. If the project's cost of capital is 13%, what is the NPV of the project? $ Should the chromatograph be purchased? Hide Feedback Partially Correct 21