Machine price $=$ $$1,800,000$; additional inventory requirement $=$ $$150,000.$ Cash flows will be generated at year end. Rev$1=$ $$400,000$ and grows at $5$ percent each year for five years, while Cost$1=$ $$125,000$ and grows at $4$ percent. At the end of the five$-$year project, the assets can be sold for $$200,000,$ while the additional inventory that was tied up will be released. The applicable CCA rate is $30$ percent. The tax rate $=40$ percent, and RF $=4\mathrm{.}5$ percent; project beta $=1\mathrm{.}25$; ERM $=9\mathrm{.}5$ percent. The ending UCC $=$ $$367,353.$

Calculate the NPV of the project if the asset class remains open upon termination of the project. Decide whether or not Brigid Co$.$ should accept the project. $($Include the half$-$year rule.$)$Brigid Co$.$ has the following potential project: