DeVault Services Recently Hired You as a Consultant to Help

question 35

Multiple Choice

DeVault Services recently hired you as a consultant to help with its capital budgeting process.The company is considering a new project whose data are shown below.The equipment that would be used has a 3-year tax life,would be depreciated by the straight-line method over its 3-year life,and would have a zero salvage value.No new working capital would be required.Revenues and other operating costs are expected to be constant over the project's 3-year life.What is the project's NPV? $\begin{array}{lr}\text { Risk-adjusted WACC } & 10.0 \% \\\text { Net investment cost (depreciable basis) } & \$ 65,000 \\\text { Straight-line deprec. rate } & 33.3333 \% \\\text { Sales revenues, each year } & \$ 65,500 \\\text { Operating costs (excl. deprec.) , each year } & \$ 25,000 \\\text { Tax rate } & 35.0 \% \end{array}$

• A) $15,740
• B) $16,569
• C) $17,441
• D) $18,359
• E) $19,325

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