Florida Car Wash is considering a new project whose data are shown below. The equipment to be

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Florida Car Wash is considering a new project whose data are shown below.  The equipment to be used has a 3-year tax life, would be depreciated on a straight-line basis over the project's 3-year life, and would have a zero salvage value after Year 3.  No new working capital would be required.  Revenues and other operating costs will be constant over the project's life, and this is just one of the firm's many projects, so any losses on it can be used to offset profits in other units.  If the number of cars washed declined by 40% from the expected level, by how much would the project's NPV change?  (Hint: Note that cash flows are constant at the Year 1 level, whatever that level is.)

WACC .....................10.0%

Net investment cost (depreciable basis) .......$60,000

Number of cars washed ...............2,820

Average price per car ................$25.00

Fixed op. cost (excl. depr.) ..............$10,000

Variable op. cost/unit (i.e., VC per car washed) .....$5.375

Annual depreciation ................$20,000

Tax rate .....................35.0%

Salvage Value
Salvage value is the estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete, based on what a company expects to receive in exchange for the asset at the end of its useful life. As such, an asset’s estimated salvage value is an important...
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Cost Management Measuring Monitoring And Motivating Performance

ISBN: 392

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Authors: Leslie G. Eldenburg, Susan K. Wolcott

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