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Yeatman Co. is considering an investment that will have the following sales, variable costs, and fixed operating costs:
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | |
Unit Sales | 5,500 | 5,200 | 5,700 | 5,820 |
Sale price | $42.57 | $43.55 | $44.76 | $46.79 |
Variable cost per unit | $22.83 | $22.97 | $23.45 | $23.87 |
Fixed Operating costs except depreciation | $66,750 | $68,950 | $69,690 | $68,900 |
Accelerated Depreciation Rate | 33% | 45% | 15% | 7% |
The project will require an investment of $25,000 in new equipment. The equipment will have a no salvage value at the end of the projects four year life. Yeatman pays a constant tax rate of 40% and it has a weighted average cost of capital of 11%. Determine what the project's NVP woulod be using accelerated depreciation and straight line depreciation. Please show work.