1.Capital Budgeting. (25 points) Your company is considering launching a new product. Designing the new product has already cost $700,000. The company estimates that it will sell 800,000 units per year for $3 per unit and variable non-labor costs will be $1 per unit. Production will end after year 3. New equipment costing $1 million is required. The equipment will be put into use in year 1 and depreciated to zero using the 7-year MACRS schedule. You plan to sell the equipment for book value at the end of year 3. Your current level of working capital is $300,000. The new product will require the working capital to increase to a level of $380,000 immediately, then to $400,000 in year 1, in year 2 the level will be $350,000, and finally in year 3 the level will return to $300,000. Your tax rate is 35%. The discount rate for this project is 10%.

i.Calculate depreciation for each of the 7 years. (5 points)

ii.Calculate Cashflows from changes in NWC. (5 points)

iii.Complete the capital budgeting for this project. (10 points)

iv.Calculate the NPV of the project. (5 points)