FootballComm LLC is a manufacturer of devices for football coaches and their coaching staffs that enables them to quickly and effectively communicate with one another during a game through a wireless sideline headset system. Currently. the company purchases all of the headsets included in their systems from a China-based supplier, but they have experienced a significant decrease in overall headset quality. To correct the problem, the company is considering producing their own headsets in-house. The company estimates that the transition will take place over 12 months. The system is expected to have an eight-year service life and produce savings and expenditures given in the table below. If the firm's MARR is 15%, use the NPW method to calculate the economic worth of producing the headsets in house. " Click the icon to view the table for the savings and expenditures of the system. Click the icon to view the interest factors for discrete compounding when MARR = 15% per year. The economic worth of producing the headsets in house is $ thousand. (Round to the nearest whole number.) 2: More Info In-House Headset Manufacturing Investment Now (building) $500,000 First year (equipment and $2.200,000 facilities) Annual savings in materials and $5,000,000 quality inspection Incremental annual expenses $1,500,000 Incremental annual income taxes $800,000 Economic service life 8 years Net salvage value $1.500,000 3: More Info Single Payment Equal Payment Series Compound Present Compound Sinking Present Capital Amount Worth Amount Fund Worth Recovery Factor Factor Factor Factor Factor Factor (F/P, i, N) (P/F, i, N) (F/A, i, N) (A/F, i, N) "P/A, i, N) (A/P, i, N) 1. 1500 0.8696 1.0000 1.0000 0.8696 1.1500 1.3225 0.7561 2.1500 0.4651 1.6257 0.6151 1.5209 0.6575 3.4725 0.2880 2.2832 0.4380 1.7490 0.5718 1.9934 0.2003 2.8550 0.3503 On 2.0114 0.4972 .7424 0. 1483 .3522 0.2983 2.3131 0.4323 8.7537 0.1142 3.7845 0.2642 2.6600 0.3759 11.0868 0.0904 1. 1604 0.2404 CO 2.0590 0.3269 13.7268 0.0729 4.4873 0.2229 3.5179 0.2843 16.7858 0.0596 4.7716 0.2096 4.0456 0.2472 20.3037 0.0493 6.0188 0.1993 . A large food-processing corporation is considering using laser technology to speed up and eliminate waste in the potato-peeling process. To implement the system, the company anticipates needing $3.5 million to purchase the industrial-strength lasers. The system will save $1,550,000 per year in labor and materials. However, it will require an additional operating and maintenance cost of $350,000. Annual income taxes will also increase by $150,000. The system is expected to have a 10-year service life and will have a salvage value of about $200,000. If the company's MARR is 189%, use the NPW method to justify the project. " Click the icon to view the interest factors for discrete compounding when MARR = 18% per year. The NPW of the project is $ thousand. (Round to the nearest whole number.) Select the correct choice from the drop-down menu below. The project (1)- : More Info Single Payment Equal Payment Series Compound Present Compound Sinking Present Capital Amount Worth Amount Fund forth Recovery Factor Factor Factor Factor Factor Factor (F/P, i, N) P/F, i, N) (F/A, i, N) (A/F, i, N) "P/A, i, N) (A/P, i, N) 1. 1800 0.8475 1.0000 1.0000 0.8475 1.1800 1.3924 0.7182 2.1800 0.4587 1.5656 0.6387 1.6430 0.6086 3.5724 0.2790 2. 1743 0.4599 1.9388 0.5158 5.2154 D. 1917 2.6901 0.3717 2.2878 0.4371 7.1542 D. 1398 3.1272 0.3198 2.6998 0.3704 9.4420 0. 1059 3.4976 0.2859 3. 1855 0.3139 2.1415 0.0824 3.8115 0.2624 8.7589 0.2660 0.0652 4.0776 co 5.3270 0.2452 4.4355 0.2255 19.0859 0.0524 1.3030 0.2324 5.2338 0.1911 23.5213 0.0425 4.4941 0.2225 (1) O should be justified O should not be justified6. Consider the following investment project. Calculate the net future worth of this investment at 12% and determine the acceptability of the investment. An - 358,000 23.800 24.800 32.400 32.400 17,000 Click the icon to view the interest factors for discrete compounding when / = 12% per year. The net future worth of this investment will be $ thousand. (Round to one decimal place.) Is the investment acceptable? Choose the correct answer below. O Yes O No 5: More Info Single Payment Equal Payment Series Compound Present Compound Sinking Present Capital Amount Worth Amount Fund Worth Recovery Factor Factor Factor Factor Factor Factor (F/P, i, N) (P/F, i, N) (F/A, i, N) (A/F, i, N) (P/A, i, N) (A/P, i, N) 1.1200 0.8929 1.0000 1.0000 0.8929 1.1200 1.2544 0.7972 2.1200 0.4717 1.6901 0.5917 1.4049 0.7118 3.3744 0.2963 2.4018 0.4163 1.5735 0.6355 4.7703 0.2092 3.0373 0.3292 1.7623 0.5674 5.3528 0. 1574 3.6048 0.2774 1.9738 0.5066 8.1152 0. 1232 4.1114 0.2432 2.2107 0.4523 10.0890 0.0901 4.5638 0.2191 2.4760 0.4038 12.2087 0.0813 4.9676 0.2013 2.7731 0.3606 14.7757 0.0677 5.3282 0.1877 10 3.1058 0.3220 17.5487 0.0570 5.6502 0.1770