Question: TexMex Food Company is considering a new salsa whose data are shown below. The equipment to be used would be depreciated by the straight-line method

TexMex Food Company is considering a new salsa whose data are shown below. The equipment to be used would be depreciated by the straight-line method over its 3-year life and would have a zero salvage value, and no new working capital would be required. Revenues and other operating costs are expected to be constant over the project's 3-year life. However, this project would compete with other TexMex products and would reduce their pre-tax annual cash flows. What is the project's NPV?
WACC .............................10.0% 
Pre-tax cash flow reduction for other products (cannibalization) ....$5,000 
Investment cost (depreciable basis) ...............$80,000 
Straight-line depr. Rate ....................33.333% 
Sales revenues, each year for 3 years .............. $73,500 
Annual operating costs (excl. depr.) ................$25,000 
Tax rate ........................... 35.0%

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