1. Winnebagel Corp. currently sells 23,000 motor homes per year at $61,000 each, and 8,500 luxury motor coaches per year at $98,000 each. The company wants to introduce a new portable camper to fill out its product line; it hopes to sell 18,000 of these campers per year at $10,500 each. An independent consultant has determined that if Winnebagel introduces the new campers, it should boost the sales of its existing motor homes by 2,300 units per year and reduce the sales of its motor coaches by 1,000 units per year. What is the amount to use as the annual sales figure when evaluating this project? (Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567.)

2. An asset used in a four-year project falls in the five-year MACRS class for tax purposes. The asset has an acquisition cost of $5,400,000 and will be sold for $1,700,000 at the end of the project. If the tax rate is 22 percent, what is the aftertax salvage value of the asset? Refer to Table 10.7. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567.)

3. Your firm is contemplating the purchase of a new $520,000 computer-based order entry system. The system will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its five-year life. It will be worth $56,000 at the end of that time. You will save $155,000 before taxes per year in order processing costs, and you will be able to reduce working capital by $81,000 (this is a one-time reduction). If the tax rate is 22 percent, what is the IRR for this project? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

4.

Letang Industrial Systems Company (LISC) is trying to decide between two different conveyor belt systems. System A costs $310,000, has a four-year life, and requires $109,000 in pretax annual operating costs. System B costs $390,000, has a six-year life, and requires $103,000 in pretax annual operating costs. Both systems are to be depreciated straight-line to zero over their lives and will have zero salvage value. Whichever project is chosen, it will not be replaced when it wears out. The tax rate is 24 percent and the discount rate is 8 percent.

Calculate the NPV for both conveyor belt systems. (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

System A
System B

5.

Letang Industrial Systems Company (LISC) is trying to decide between two different conveyor belt systems. System A costs $335,000, has a four-year life, and requires $129,000 in pretax annual operating costs. System B costs $415,000, has a six-year life, and requires $123,000 in pretax annual operating costs. Suppose the company always needs a conveyor belt system; when one wears out, it must be replaced. Assume the tax rate is 24 percent and the discount rate is 9 percent.

Calculate the EAC for both conveyor belt systems. (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

System A
System B