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Depreciation Exp = Initial Investment - salvage value / useful life of asset
= 20 - 0 / 2
= $10m
annual over head = $1.6 Million for 2 years, so per year = $ 0.8milllion (1.6/2)
at y0, there is an outflow to the extent of $20M for a new equipment . R&D expenditure of $ 8M- presumed to be incurred in the year 0 and is considered as a cost for the purpose of computing NPV.
based on the above, CFs are constructed. NPV for the cash flows at discount rate of 12% is computed
excel formulas are