Sheridan Films is considering some new equipment whose data are shown below.The equipment has a 3-year tax life and would be fully depreciated by the straight-line method over 3 years,but it would have a positive pre-tax salvage value at the end of Year 3,when the project would be closed down.Also,some new working capital would be required,but it would be recovered at the end of the project's life.Revenues and other operating costs are expected to be constant over the project's 3-year life.What is the project's NPV?
Project cost of capital (r)
10)0%
Net investment in fixed assets (depreciable basis)
$70,000
Required new working capital
$10,000
Straight-line deprec.rate
33)333%
Sales revenues,each year
$75,000
Operating costs (excl.deprec. ),each year
$30,000
Expected pretax salvage value
$5,000
Tax rate
35)0%
A) $20,762
B) $21,854
C) $23,005
D) $24,155
E) $25,363

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The first step is to calculate the depreciation each year using the straight-line method:
Annual depreciation = Net investment in fixed assets / Number of years
Annual depreciation = $70,000 / 3 = $23,333

Next, we can calculate the annual operating cash flows:
Operating cash flows = Revenues - Operating costs (excl. deprec.) - Depreciation
Operating cash flows = $75,000 - $30,000 - $23,333 = $21,667

We also need to account for the initial and final investments in working capital:
Initial investment in working capital = -$10,000 (outflow)
Final recovery of working capital = $10,000 (inflow)

Now we can calculate the total cash flows for each year:
Year 0: -$80,000 (initial investment)
Year 1: $21,667 (operating cash flow) - $23,333 (depreciation) = -$1,666
Year 2: $21,667 (operating cash flow) - $23,333 (depreciation) = -$1,666
Year 3: $21,667 (operating cash flow) - $23,333 (depreciation) + $5,000 (salvage value) + $10,000 (recovery of working capital) = $13,334

Finally, we can calculate the NPV using a financial calculator or spreadsheet:
NPV = -$80,000 + ($21,667 / (1+0)^1) + (-$1,666 / (1+0)^2) + ($13,334 / (1+0)^3)
NPV = -$80,000 + $21,667 - $1,666 + $10,873
NPV = $23,005

Therefore, the best choice is C) $23,005, as it is the calculated NPV for the project.

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