Contico Corp Is Evaluating a Capital Budgeting Project and Has

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Essay

Contico Corp is evaluating a capital budgeting project and has come up with the following two-branch decision tree analysis ($000). Contico's cost of capital is 12%. What is the project's NPV? ($000)

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