b1.) yes or no

b2.) is or is not

b3.) does or does not

c.) increase, decrease or stay the same.

Investment Outlay Talbot Industries is considering launching a new product. The new manufacturing equipment will cost $14 million, and production and sales will require an initial $2 million investment in net operating working capital. The company's tax rate is 40%. a. What is the initial investment outlay? Enter your answer as a positive value. Enter your answer in dollars. For example, an answer of $1.2 million should be entered as $1,200,000. Round your answer to the nearest dollar. b. The company spent and expensed $150,000 on research related to the new project last year. Would this change your answer? -Select- , last year's $150,000 expenditure -Select- considered a sunk cost and -Select- represent an incremental cash flow. C. Rather than build a new manufacturing facility, the company plans to install the equipment in a building it owns but is not now using. The building could be sold for $1.5 million after taxes and real estate commissions. How would this affect your answer? The project's cost will -Select