A project requires an initial investment of $20,000,000. The
life of the project is 3 years. The $20,000,000 investment will be
depreciated using the three-year modified accelerated cost recovery
system (MACRS) class (see the table below). The firm estimates
that, in the first year, the revenues and total production costs
will be $60,000,000 and $45,000,000, respectively, in nominal
terms. After that the sales and production costs are expected to
increase at the inflation rate of 4 percent per year over...