A Tannen Industries is considering an expansion. The necessary equipment would be purchased for $16 million, and the expansion would require an additional $1 million investment in net operating working capital. The tax rate is 40%. a. What is the initial investment outlay? Write out your answer completely. For example, 13 million should be entered as 13,000,000. Round your answer to the nearest dollar. Enter your answer as a positive value. $ b. The company spent and expensed $25,000 on research related to the project last year. Would this change your answer? Explain. I. No, last year's expenditure is considered a sunk cost and does not represent an incremental cash flow. Hence, it should not be included in the analysis IL Yes, the cost of research is an incremental cash flow and should be included in the analysis. II. Yes, but only the tax effect of the research expenses should be included in the analysis. IV. No, last year's expenditure should be treated as a terminal cash flow and dealt with at the end of the project's life. Hence, it should not be included in the initial Investment outlay v. No, last year's expenditure is considered an opportunity cost and does not represent an incremental cash flow. Hence, It should not be Included in the analysis. -Select- IV V y plans to use a building it owns to house the project. The building could be sold for $3 million after taxes and real estate How would that fact affect your answer? of the buildinn C. The company plans to use a building it owns to house the project. The building could be sold for $3 million after taxes and real estate commissions. How would that fact affect your answer? I. The potential sale of the building represents an opportunity cost of conducting the project in that building. Therefore, the possible after-tax sale price must be charged against the project as a cost. 11. The potential sale of the building represents an opportunity cost of conducting the project in that building. Therefore, the possible before-tax sale price must be charged against the project as a cost III. The potential sale of the building represents an externality and therefore should not be charged against the project. TV. The potential sale of the building represents a real option and therefore should be charged against the project. V. The potential sale of the building represents a real option and therefore should not be charged against the project -Seine 11 in IV V Sales revenues Colsen Communications is trying to estimate the first-year net operating cash flow (at Year 1) for a proposed project. The financial staff has collected the following information on the project: $25 million Operating costs (excluding depreciation) 17,5 million Depreciation 5 million Interest expense 5 million The company has a 40% tax rate, and its WACC is 14% Write out your answers completely. For example, 13 million should be entered as 13,000,000 a. What is the project's operating cash flow for the first year (t = 1)? Round your answer to the nearest dollar. b. If this project would cannibalize other projects by $2.5 million of cash flow before taxes per year, how would this change your answer to part a? The firm's OCF would now be $ Round your answer to the nearest dollar. C. Ignore Part b. If the tax rate dropped to 350 how would that change your answer to part a? Round your answer to the nearest dollar The firm's operating cash flow woul-Select- Bay$ decrease increase