Celestial Crane Cosmetics is considering an investment that will have the following sales, variable costs, and fixed operating costs: No other firm would take on this project if Celestial Crane Cosmetics turns it down. How much should Celestial Crane Cosmetics reduce the NPV of this

project if it discovered that this project would reduce one of its division's net after$-$tax cash flows by $$700$ for each year of the four$-$year project?

$$1,629$

$$2,389$

$$1,846$

$$2,172$

The project will require an initial investment of $$10,000,$ but the project will also be using a company$-$owned truck that is not currently being used.

This truck could be sold for $$14,000,$ after taxes, if the project is rejected. What should Celestial Crane Cosmetics do to take this information into

account?

Increase the amount of the initial investment by $$14,000.$

The company does not need to do anything with the value of the truck because the truck is a sunk cost.

Increase the NPV of the project by $$14,000.$

This project will require an investment of $$10,000$ in new equipment. The equipment will have no salvage value at the end of the project's four$-$year

life. Celestial Crane Cosmetics pays a constant tax rate of $40\%,$ and it has a required rate of return of $11\%.$

When using accelerated depreciation, the project's net present value $($NPV$)$ is $$20,558.$

When using straight$-$line depreciation, the project's NPV is $$20,388vv.$

Using the

depreciation method will result in the greater NPV for the project.