3. Analysis of an expansion project Aa Aa Companies invest in expansion projects with the expectation of increasing the earnings of its business Consider the case of McFann Co. McFann Co. is considering an investment that will have the following sales, variable costs, and fixed operating costs Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 5,120 $22.33 $23.45 $23.85 $24.45 $9.45 $10.85 $11.95 $12.00 Fixed operating costs except depreciation $32,500 $33,450 $34,950 $34,875 7% Unit sales Sales price Variable cost per unit 4,800 5,100 5,000 Accelerated depreciation rate 33% 45% 15% This project will require an investment of $10,000 in new equipment. The equipment will have no salvage value at the end of the project's four-year life. McFann pays a constant tax rate of 40%, and it has a weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of 11%. Determine what the project's net present value (NPV) would be when using accelerated depreciation. Determine what the project's net present value (NPV) would be when using accelerated depreciation O $37,046 O $55,570 O $46,308 $41,677 Now determine what the project's NPV would be when using straight-line depreciation Using the depreciation method will result in the highest NPV for the project. No other firm would take on this project if McFann turns it down. How much should McFann reduce the NPV of this project if it discovered that this project would reduce one of its division's net after-tax cash flows by $400 for each year of the four-year project? $1,24:1 O $1,365 $1,055 $745 McFann spent $2,500 on a marketing study to estimate the number of units that it can sell each year. What should McFann do to take this information into account? Increase the amount of the initial investment by $2,500 Increase the NPV of the project $2,500 O The company does not need to do anything with the cost of the marketing study because the marketing study is a sunk cost