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Casey Nelson is a divisional manager for Pigeon Company. His annual pay raises are largely determined by his division's return on investment (RO1, which has been above 21% each of the last three years. Casey is considering a capital budgeting project that would require a $3,700,000 imvestment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. Pigeon Companys discount rate is 17%. The project would provide net operating income each year for five years as follows: Click here to view Exhibit 148-1 and Exhibit 148-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables. Required: 1. What is the project's net present value? 2. What is the project's internal rate of return to the nearest whole percent? 3. What is the project's simple rate of return? 4-a. Would the company want Casey to pursue this investment opportunity? 4-b. Would Casey be inclined to pursue this imvestment opportunity? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. What is the project's net present value? (Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)