4. Analysis of a replacement project At times firms will need to decide if they want to continue to use their current equipment or replace the equipment with newer equipment. The company will need to do replacement analysis to determine which option is the best financial decision for the company. Price Co. Is considering replacing an existing plece of equipment. The project involves the following: - The new equipment will haye a cost of $2,400,000, and it is eligible for 100% bonus depreciation so it will be fully depreciated at t=0. - The old machine was purchased before the new tax law, so it is being depceciated on a straight-line basis, It has a book value of $200,000 (at year 0 ) and four more years of depreciation left ( $50,000 per year). - The new equipment will have a salvage value of 50 at the end of the project's life (year 6 ). The old machine has a current salvage value (at year o) of $300,000. - Replocing the old machine will require an investment in net operating working capital (NOWC) of $30,000 that will be recovered at the end of the project's life (year 6). - The new machine is more efficent, so the firm's incremental eamings before interest and taxes (firm) will increase by a total of 3400,000 in each of the next sixyears (years 1-6). Hint: This value represents the difference between the revenues and operating costs (including depreciation expense) generated using the new equipment and that earned using the old equipment. - The project's cost of capital is 13\%. - The company's annual tax rate is 25\%. $283,8805454,2075378,506$321,730