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Determine the after-tax, pre-leverage cash flow and net present value for the following projected investment. A machine will cost $200,000. Installation costs are projected to be $40,000. The equipment is classified as a five-year asset for terms of depreciation (MACRS). [We covered the annual charge in class or assess the text or Internet.] The equipment will increase net operating revenues (prior to depreciation) by $90,000/year for each of three years until sold at the end of year three for $80,000. The firm's marginal income tax and capital gains tax rates are 40%. The after-tax cost of capital is 10%.