Table 11.3 Cuda Marine Engines, Inc. Must Develop the Relevant Cash Flows

question 99

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Table 11.3
Cuda Marine Engines, Inc. must develop the relevant cash flows for a replacement capital investment proposal. The proposed asset costs $50,000 and has installation costs of $3,000. The asset will be depreciated using a five-year recovery schedule. The existing equipment, which originally cost $25,000 and will be sold for $10,000, has been depreciated using an MACRS five-year recovery schedule and three years of depreciation has already been taken. The new equipment is expected to result in incremental before-tax net profits of $15,000 per year. The firm has a 40 percent tax rate.
-The book value of the existing asset is ________. (See Table 11.3)

• A) $7,250
• B) $15,000
• C) $21,250
• D) $25,000

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