Question

C.M. Burns Enterprises, Inc. is considering investing in a machine to produce computer keyboards. The price of the machine will be $400,000 and its economic life five years. The machine will be fully depreciated by the straight-line method. The machine will produce 10,000 units of keyboards each year. The price of each keyboard will be $40 in the first year, and it will increase at 5% per year. The production cost per unit of the keyboard will be $20 in the first year, and it will increase at 10% per year. The corporate tax rate for the company is 34%. If the appropriate discount rate is 15%, what is the NPV of the investment?

Answer 1

Calculation of NPV is shown below

Calculation is shown below