Rocona Inc. is considering a new project that it considers to be a little riskier than its current operations. Thus, management has decided to add an additional 2 % to their company's overall cost of capital when evaluating this project. The project has an initial cash outlay of $42,000 and projected cash inflows of $15,000 in year one, $25,000 in year two, and $12,000 in year three. The firm uses 35 % debt and 65 % common stock as its capital structure. The company's cost of equity is 13 % while the after-tax cost of debt for the firm is 6 %. What is the projected net present value of the new project?

Select one:

a. $906.49

b. $26.18

c. -$520.29

d. $413.39

e. -$127.08