Click here to read the eBook: Analysis of an Expansion Project NEW PROJECT ANALYSIS You must evaluate the purchase of a proposed spectrometer for the RAD department. The base price is $120,000, and it would cost another $30,000 to modify the equipment for special use by the firm. The equipment falls into the MACRS 3-year class and would be sold after 3 years for $42,000. The applicable depreciation rates are 33%, 45%, 15%, and 7%. The equipment would require a $13,000 increase in net operating working capital (spare parts inventory). The project would have no effect on revenues, but it should save the firm $72,000 per year in before-tax labor costs. The firm's marginal federal-plus-state tax rate is 40%. What is the initial investment outlay for the spectrometer, that is, what is the Year project cash flow? Round your answer to the nearest cont. Negative amount should be Indicated by a minus sign b. What are the project's annual cash flows in Years 1, 2, and 37 Round your answers to the nearest cent. In Year 15 In Year 25 In Year 3 c. If the WACC is 13%, should the spectrometer be purchased? Click here to read the eBook: Replacement Analysis REPLACEMENT ANALYSIS The Oviedo Company is considering the purchase of a new machine to replace an obsolete one. The machine being used for the operation has a book value and a market value of zero. However, the machine is in good working order and will last at least another 10 years. The proposed replacement machine will perform the operation so much more efficiently that Oviedo's engineers estimate that it will produce after-tax cash flows (labor savings and depreciation) of $8,000 per year. The new machine will cost $40,000 delivered and Installed, and its economic life is estimated to be 10 years. It has zero salvage value. The firm's WACC is 10%, and tes marginal tax rate is 15%. Should Oviedo buy the new machine? Ovied Select burchase the new machine. should not