please do not copy the other answers to this question already on cheggthey are wrong!* Please answer part A in the same format as given below! Having excel formulas would be helpful but not needed!

Part A: a. Calculate free cash flow for each projected year. Also calculate the growth rates of free cash flow each year to ensure that there is constant growth (i.e., the same as the constant growth rate in sales) by the end of the forecast period.

Based on these projections and actual 2016 data, you forecast parts of the income statement and balance sheets necessary to calculate free cash flow: Partial Income Statement for the Year Ending December 31 \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline & & \multirow{2}{*}{\begin{tabular}{r} Actual \\ 2016 \end{tabular}} & \multirow{2}{*}{\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\begin{tabular}{r} Projected \\ 2017 \end{tabular}}} & \multirow{2}{*}{\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\begin{tabular}{r} Projected \\ 2018 \end{tabular}}} & \multirow{2}{*}{\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\begin{tabular}{r} Projected \\ 2019 \\ \end{tabular}}} & \multirow{2}{*}{\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\begin{tabular}{r} Projected \\ 2020 \end{tabular}}} \\ \hline & & & & & & & & & & \\ \hline Net Sales & $ & 800.0 & $ & 920.0 & $ & 1,012.0 & $ & 1,072.7 & $ & 1,137.1 \\ \hline COGS (except depreciation) & $ & 576.0 & $ & 662.4 & $ & 728.6 & $ & 772.4 & $ & 818.7 \\ \hline Depreciation & $ & 60.0 & $ & 69.0 & $ & 75.9 & $ & 80.5 & $ & 85.3 \\ \hline Total operating costs & $ & 636.0 & $ & 731.4 & $ & 804.5 & $ & 852.8 & $ & 904.0 \\ \hline EBIT & $ & 164.0 & $ & 188.6 & $ & 207.5 & $ & 219.9 & $ & 233.1 \\ \hline \end{tabular} Partial Balance Sheets for December 31 Operating current assets Operating current liabilities Net operating working capital Net fixed assets Net operating capital NOPAT Investment in operating capital Free cash flow Growth in FCF Growth in sales na