Question: Revenues generated by a new fad product are forecast as follows: Year Revenues

1 $60,000

2 40,000

3 30,000

4 10,000

Thereafter 0

Expenses are expected to be 30% of revenues, and working capital required in each year is expected to be 10% of revenues in the following year. The product requires an immediate investment of $81,000 in plant and equipment.

a. What is the initial investment in the product? Remember working capital.

Initial investment is $ 87,000

b. If the plant and equipment are depreciated over 4 years to a salvage value of zero using straight-line depreciation, and the firm's tax rate is 20%, what are the project cash flows in each year? Assume the plant and equipment are worthless at the end of 4 years. (Do not round intermediate calculations.) Year Cash Flow 1 2 3 4

c. If the opportunity cost of capital is 10%, what is the project's NPV? (A negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) NPV $

d. What is project IRR? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) IRR %