You Are Evaluating a Product for Your Company

question 77

Multiple Choice

You are evaluating a product for your company. You estimate the sales price of product to be $300 per unit and sales volume to be 8,000 units in year 1; 10,000 units in year 2; and 2,000 units in year 3. The project has a 3-year life. Variable costs amount to $125 per unit and fixed costs are $150,000 per year. The project requires an initial investment of $225,000 in assets which will be depreciated straight-line to zero over the 3-year project life. The actual market value of these assets at the end of year 3 is expected to be $25,000. NWC requirements at the beginning of each year will be approximately 20% of the projected sales during the coming year. The tax rate is 34% and the required return on the project is 14%. What will the year 2 free cash flow for this project be?

• A) $940,710
• B) $961,500
• C) $1,081,500
• D) $1,561,500

Identify conditions for profit maximization in price searcher markets.

Analyze the impact of competitive price-searcher dynamics on market outcomes.

Understand the role of market entry and exit barriers in competitive price-searcher markets.

Evaluate the long-term equilibrium conditions in competitive price-taker and price-searcher markets.

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