Fox enterprises is considering expanding into the growing laser copier business. Fox estimates that this expansion will cost $1.8 million and generate a 20 year stream of expected net cash flows amounting to $400,000 per year. The company's weighted cost of capital is 15%.

a. Compute the net present value of the laser copier project using the company's weighted cost of capital and the expected cash flows from the project.

b. Using the risk-adjusted discount rate approach, management has decided that this project has substantially more risk than average and has decided that it requires a 24 percent expected rate of return on projects like this. Recompute the risk-adjusted net present value of the project.