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Lawrence Miller is valuing Yucy Corporation, a corporation that is going out of business in four years. Projected financial statements for the remaining life of Yucy are given below.
| Year | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 
| Balance Sheet: | |||||
| Assets | 250,000 | 180,000 | 130,000 | 100,000 | 0 | 
| Liabilities | 194,604 | 157,010 | 116,281 | 72,072 | 0 | 
| Net worth | 55,396 | 22,990 | 13,719 | 27,928 | 0 | 
| Income Statements: | |||||
| Sales | 220,000 | 240,000 | 260,000 | 280,000 | |
| Variable cash expenses | 60,000 | 70,000 | 80,000 | 90,000 | |
| Fixed cash expenses | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | |
| Depreciation | 70,000 | 50,000 | 30,000 | 100,000 | |
| EBIT | 80,000 | 110,000 | 140,000 | 80,000 | |
| Interest expense | 9,730 | 7,851 | 5,814 | 3,604 | |
| EBT | 70,270 | 102,149 | 134,186 | 76,396 | |
| Taxes at 40% | 28,108 | 40,860 | 53,674 | 30,559 | |
| Net income before salvage | 42,162 | 61,290 | 80,512 | 45,838 | |
| After-tax salvage value | 12,000 | ||||
| Net income | 42,162 | 61,290 | 80,512 | 57,838 | 
To assist with valuation, Lawrence also gathered the following information:
The economic income during Year 1 is closest to:
$30,261
$41,943
$42,813
$90,883
$96,155
| Cost of Debt | 5% | |||||
| Cost of Equity | 19% | |||||
| WACC | 11% | |||||
| Year | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Balance Sheet: | ||||||
| Assets | 250,000 | 180,000 | 130,000 | 100,000 | 0 | |
| Liabilities | 194,604 | 157,010 | 116,281 | 72,072 | 0 | |
| Net worth | 55,396 | 22,990 | 13,719 | 27,928 | 0 | |
| Income Statements: | ||||||
| Sales | 220,000 | 240,000 | 260,000 | 280,000 | ||
| Variable cash expenses | 60,000 | 70,000 | 80,000 | 90,000 | ||
| Fixed cash expenses | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||
| Depreciation | 70,000 | 50,000 | 30,000 | 100,000 | ||
| EBIT | 80,000 | 110,000 | 140,000 | 80,000 | ||
| Interest expense | 9,730 | 7,851 | 5,814 | 3,604 | ||
| EBT | 70,270 | 102,149 | 134,186 | 76,396 | ||
| Taxes at 40% | 28,108 | 40,860 | 53,674 | 30,559 | ||
| Net income before salvage | 42,162 | 61,290 | 80,512 | 45,838 | ||
| After-tax salvage value | 12,000 | |||||
| Net income | 42,162 | 61,290 | 80,512 | 57,838 | ||
| Average Equity | 39,193 | 18,355 | 20,824 | |||
| Cost of Equity | 7,447 | |||||
| Economic Income | 34,715 | =Net Income - Cost of Equity | ||||
| Average Capital | 215,000 | 155,000 | 115,000 | |||
| Cost of Capital | 23,650 | |||||
| EBIT*(1-tax) | 48,000 | |||||
| Economic Income | 24,350 | =Total Operating Income - Cost of Capital | ||||
| Average Economic Income based on 2 methods | 29,533 | |||||
| So, closest is 1st option - $30,261 | ||||||