Briarcrest Condiments is a spice-making firm. Recently, it developed a new process for producing spices.

The
process requires new machinery that would cost $1,884,200. have a life of five years, and would produce the cash
flows shown in the following table.
Year Cash Flow
1 $498,607
2 -267,507
3 909,128
4 1,047,813
5 778,918

What is the NPV if the discount rate is 16.37 percent? (Enter negative amounts using negative sign e.g. -45.25.
Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)
NPV is $



Archer Daniels Midland Company is considering buying a new farm that it plans to operate for 10 years. The farm
will require an initial investment of $12.20 million. This investment will consist of $2.00 million for land and
$10.20 million for trucks and other equipment. The land, all trucks, and all other equipment is expected to be sold at
the end of 10 years at a price of $5.03 million, $2.02 million above book value. The farm is expected to produce
revenue of $2.08 million each year, and annual cash flow from operations equals $1.91 million. The marginal tax
rate is 35 percent, and the appropriate discount rate is 9 percent. Calculate the NPV of this investment. (Round
intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)
NPV
$




Bell Mountain Vineyards is considering updating its current manual accounting system with a high-end electronic
system. While the new accounting system would save the company money, the cost of the system continues to
decline. The Bell Mountains opportunity cost of capital is 10.8 percent, and the costs and values of investments
made at different times in the future are as follows:
Year Cost
Value of Future Savings
(at time of purchase)
0 $5,000 $7,000

1 4,500 7,000

2 4,000 7,000

3 3,500 7,000

4 3,000 7,000

5 2,500 7,000

Calculate the NPV of each choice. (Round answers to the nearest whole dollar, e.g. 5,275.)
The NPV of each choice is:
NPV
0
= $
NPV
1
= $
NPV
2
= $
NPV
3
= $
NPV
4
= $
NPV
5
= $
Suggest when should Bell Mountain buy the new accounting system?
Bell Mountain should purchase the system in



Chips Home Brew Whiskey management forecasts that if the firm sells each bottle of Snake-Bite for $20, then the
demand for the product will be 15,000 bottles per year, whereas sales will be 85 percent as high if the price is raised
16 percent. Chips variable cost per bottle is $10, and the total fixed cash cost for the year is $100,000. Depreciation
and amortization charges are $20,000, and the firm has a 30 percent marginal tax rate. Management anticipates an
increased working capital need of $3,000 for the year. What will be the effect of the price increase on the firms FCF
for the year? (Round answers to nearest whole dollar, e.g. 5,275.)
At $20 per bottle the Chips FCF is $ and at the new price Chips FCF is $ .




Capital Co. has a capital structure, based on current market values, that consists of 25 percent debt, 7 percent
preferred stock, and 68 percent common stock. If the returns required by investors are 10 percent, 12 percent, and 16
percent for the debt, preferred stock, and common stock, respectively, what is Capitals after-tax WACC? Assume
that the firms marginal tax rate is 40 percent. (Round intermediate calculations to 4 decimal places, e.g. 1.2514
and final answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25%.)
After tax WACC =

%