Burlington Motor Carriers, a trucking company, is considering the installation of a two$-$way mobile satellite messaging service on its $2,000$ trucks. From tests done last year on $120$ trucks, the company found that satellite messaging could cut $50\%$ of its $$7$ million bill for long$-$distance communications with truck drivers. More importantly, the drivers who used this system reduced the number of "deadhead" miles $-$ those driven without paying loads $-$ by $0\mathrm{.}6\%.$ Applying that improvement to all $230$ million miles covered by the Burlington fleet each year would produce an extra $$1\mathrm{.}25$ million in savings.

Equipping all $2,000$ trucks with the satellite hookup will require an investment of $$12$ million and the construction of a message$-$relaying system costing $$1$ million. The equipment and onboard devices will have a service life of eight years and negligible salvage value; they will be depreciated under the five$-$year MACRS class. Burlington's marginal tax rate is about $25\%,$ and its required minimum attractive rate of return is $17\%.$

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$($a$)$ Determine the annual net cash flows from the project. Fill in the table below. $($Round to four decimal places.$)$

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