Campbell Manufacturing is considering the purchase of a new welding system. The cash benefits will be $$480,000$ per year. The system costs $$2,750,000$ and will last $10$ years.

Evee Cardenas is interested in investing in a women's specialty shop. The cost of the investment is $$180,000.$ She estimates that the return from owning her own shop will be $$50,000$ per year. She estimates that the shop will have a useful life of $6$ years.

Barker Company calculated the NPV of a project and found it to be $$63,900.$ The project's life was estimated to be $8$ years. The required rate of return used for the NPV calculation was $10\%.$ The project was expected to produce annual after$-$tax cash flows of $$135,000.$

Required:

$1.$ Compute the NPV for Campbell Manufacturing, assuming a discount rate of $12\%.$ If required, round all present value calculations to the nearest dollar. Use the minus sign to indicate a negative NPV$.$

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Should the company buy the new welding system?

$2.$ Conceptual Connection: Assuming a required rate of return of $8\%,$ calculate the NPV for Evee Cardenas' investment. Round to the nearest dollar. If required, round all present value calculations to the nearest dollar. Use the minus sign to indicate a negative NPV$.$

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Should she invest?

What if the estimated return was $$135,000$ per year? Calculate the new NPV for Evee Cardenas' investment. Would this affect the decision? What does this tell you about your analysis? Round to the nearest dollar.

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The shop

be purchased. This reveals that the decision to accept or reject in this case is affected by differences in estimated

$3.$ What was the required investment for Barker Company's project? Round to the nearest dollar. If required, round all present value calculations to the nearest dollar.

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