collected the following information regarding the proposed project, which is expected to last $3$ years:

The project can be operated at the company's Charleston plant, which is currently vacant.

sold for $$1,450,000$ before taxes.

Expected high$-$protein energy smoothie sales are as follows:

Year Sales

$1$$$2,600,000$

$27,400,000$

$33,800,000$

The project's annual operating costs $($excluding depreciation$)$ are expected to be $60\%$ of sales.

The company's tax rate is $25\%.$

is$,$ assume that if there are any tax credits related to this project they can be used in the year they occur.$)$

The project has a WACC$=10\mathrm{.}0\%.$

What is the project's expected NPV and IRR? Round your answers to $2$ decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations.

$NPV$ $

IRR $

Should the firm accept the project?

$-$Selt

ascertain the answer.

: millions of dollars