Franklin Gadgeteer is planning to buy a $1,000 gadget machine. The machine will work for 3 years and will be depreciated to zero by the straight-line method. It will make 10,000 gadgets in Year 1. The amount of gadgets will grow by 5% every year. It will cost $0.50 to produce each gadget and it will be sold for $1.25. The machine will be used for 3 years and then will be worthless. Assume that the discount rate is 8.1% and the tax rate is 35%. What is the NPV of this project? Select one: a. 14611.02 b. 13841.28 c. 13685.49 d. 12444.99 e. 11409.08