Excel Online Structured Activity: Investment Timing Option

All American Telephones Inc. is considering the production of a new cell phone. The project will require an investment of $$16$ million. If the phone is well

received, the project will produce cash flows of $$10$ million a year for $3$ years, but if the market does not like the product, the cash flo $$3$

million per year. There is a $50\%$ probability of both good and bad market conditions. All American can delay the project a year while it conducts a test to

determine whether demand will be strong or weak. The delay will not affect the dollar amounts involved for the project's investment or its cash flows$-$only

their timing. Because of the anticipated shifts in technology, the $1-$year delay means that cash flows will continue only $2$ years after the initial investment is

made. All American's WACC is $12\%.$ The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required

analysis to answer the question below.

Open spreadsheet

What action do you recommend? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest dollar. Use a minus sign to enter negative

values, if any.

NPV without waiting: $

NPV of waiting $1$ year: $

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