Asset replacement 1.the baltic company is considering the purchase of a new machine tool to replace an obsolete one. the machine being used for the operation has a tax book value of $80,000 with an annual depreciation expense of 8,000. it has a salvage value of 40,000, is in good working condition, and will last at least 10 more years. the proposed machine will perform the operation so much more efficiently that baltic engineers estimate that labor, material, and other direct costs of the operation will be reduced 60,000 a year if it is installed. the proposed machine costs 240,000 delivered and installed, and it's economic life is estimated at 10 years, with zero salvage value. the company expects to earn 14% on it's investment after taxes(14% is the firm's cost of capital). the tax rate is 40% and the firm uses straighline depreciation. Any gain or loss on the machine is subject to tax at 40 percent. required Should baltic buy the new machine? Financing charges and net present value 2. the president of the compaby is not convinced that the interest expense should be excluded from the calculation of the net present value. He points out that, interest is a cash flow. You are supposed to discount cash flows. We borrowed money to completely finance this project. Why not discount interest expenditure? the president is so convinced that he asks you, the controleer, to calculate the net present value including the interest expense. required how can u adjust the net present value analysis to compensate for the inclusion of the interest expense