Earths Bounty, Inc., is planning to invest in new manufacturing equipment to make a new garden tool.

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Earth’s Bounty, Inc., is planning to invest in new manufacturing equipment to make a new garden tool. The new garden tool is expected to generate additional annual sales of 10,000 units at $58 each. The new manufacturing equipment will cost $177,000 and is expected to have a 10-year life and $13,000 residual value. Selling expenses related to the new product are expected to be 5% of sales revenue. The cost to manufacture the
product includes the following on a per-unit basis:
Direct labor...............................................................$ 8.00
Direct materials.........................................................35.00
Fixed factory overhead—depreciation.....................1.64
Variable factory overhead..........................................4.20
Total...........................................................................$48.84

Determine the net cash flows for the first year of the project, Years 2–9, and for the last year of the project.

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