You are financial managers of a company that produces printers. Currently, you are using NPV method to evaluate a 10-yea

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You are financial managers of a company that produces printers. Currently, you are using NPV method to evaluate a 10-year project that will produce a new model. The WACC is 10% and the tax rate is 21%. 1. The project needs a set of machines that are worth $5 million. The company uses a 10-year straight-line depreciation method so that 100% of fixed assets will be depreciated by year 10. The fixed asset is estimated to be sold for $0.5 million at the end of year 10. 2. In the past two years, the company spent $800,000 in R&D to develop the new model. 3. The project will be partially financed with debt, and the interest to be paid every year would be $100,000. 4. If the new project is taken, it is expected that the current inventory level will increase by $1,500,000, account receivable will increase by $1 million, account payable increases by $800,000, and the minimum cash balance will increase by $0.5 million. 5. The net sales from this project will be $8 million per year, of which 20 percent will be from the lost sales of existing products. The variable costs of the production will be 30% of the net bales. 6. The project will require hiring a new manager, who will cost $100,000 per year. In addition, the firm needs to rent a new office for $50,000 a year. 7. Currently, the overhead of the firm is $500,000. And the accounting department will allocate 20% of this amount to the new project.