Inc. projects unit sales for a new project with a life of FOUR YEARS as follows: Year Unit Sales 1 10,000 2 12,000 3 14,000 4 16,000 Production will require Lowell must have an amount of NOWC on hand equal to 11 percent of the upcoming years sales. Total fixed costs are $100,000 per year, variable production costs are $220 per unit, and the units are priced at $300 each. The sale price and variable costs will increase by 2 percent every year. The equipment needed to begin production has an installed cost of $2,000,000. The equipment qualifies as 5-year MACRS property. Years 1 2 3 4 Depreciation rate 20% 32% 19% 12% In FOUR years, this equipment can be sold for about 22 percent of its acquisition cost. Lowell is in the 25 percent marginal tax bracket and has a required return on all its projects of 18 percent. Based on these preliminary project estimates, what is the Free Cash Flow for the Year 0 of the project? Free cash flow = Total Initial Investment + Total annual project CF + Total Salvage Value

-2,300,000

-2,330,000

-2,360,000

-2,390,000