Caspian Sea Drinks is considering the production of a diet drink. The expansion of the plant and the purchase of the equipment necessary to produce the diet drink will cost $23.00 million. The plant and equipment will be depreciated over 10 years to a book value of $3.00 million, and sold for that amount in year 10. Net working capital will increase by $1.20 million at the beginning of the project and will be recovered at the end. The new diet drink will produce revenues of $9.26 million per year and cost $2.08 million per year over the 10-year life of the project. Marketing estimates 17.00% of the buyers of the diet drink will be people who will switch from the regular drink. The marginal tax rate is 35.00%. The WACC is 10.00%. Find the NPV (net present value).

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Caspian Sea Drinks is considering the production of a diet drink. The expansion of the plant and the purchase of the equipment necessary to produce the diet drink will cost $26.00 million. The plant and equipment will be depreciated over 10 years to a book value of $1.00 million, and sold for that amount in year 10. Net working capital will increase by $1.48 million at the beginning of the project and will be recovered at the end. The new diet drink will produce revenues of $8.53 million per year and cost $2.43 million per year over the 10-year life of the project. Marketing estimates 11.00% of the buyers of the diet drink will be people who will switch from the regular drink. The marginal tax rate is 29.00%. The WACC is 14.00%. Find the IRR (internal rate of return).