You Are Evaluating a Project for the Ultimate Recreational Tennis

question 257

Multiple Choice

You are evaluating a project for The Ultimate recreational tennis racket, guaranteed to correct that wimpy backhand. You estimate the sales price of The Ultimate to be $400 and sales volume to be
1,000 units in year 1, 1,250 units in year 2, and 1,325 units in year 3. The project has a three year life.
Variable costs amount to $225 per unit and fixed costs are $100,000 per year. The project requires
An initial investment of $165,000 which is depreciated straight-line to zero over the three year
Project life. The actual market value of the initial investment at the end of year 3 is $35,001. Initial
Net working capital investment is $75,000 and NWC will maintain a level equal to 20% of sales each
Year thereafter. The tax rate is 34% and the required return on the project is 10%.
What is EBIT for the project in the first year?

• A) $13,200
• B) $15,000
• C) $20,000
• D) $44,000
• E) $52,000

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Definitions:

Expected Value

The anticipated value or mean of a random variable, representing the center of its distribution.

Portfolio

A selection of monetary assets, covering equities, fixed-income securities, commodity holdings, liquid assets, and assets nearing cash, containing mutual funds and Exchange-Traded Funds.

Stocks

Shares representing ownership interests in corporations, allowing investors to claim on businesses' assets and earnings.

Variance

The average of the squared differences from the mean, providing a measure of how spread out numbers are.