Garida Co. is considering an investment that will have the following sales, variable costs, and fixed operating costs: Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Unit sales 5,120 4,800 5,100 5,000 Sales price $22.33 $23.45 $23.85 $24.45 Variable cost per unit $9,45 $10.85 $11.95 $12.00 Fixed operating costs $32,500 $34,875 $33,450 $34,950 This project will require an investment of $15,000 in new equipment. Under the new tax law, the equipment is eligible for 100% bonus deprecation at t 0, so it will be fully depreciated at the time of purchase. The equipment will have no salvage value at the end of the project's four-year lise. Garida pays a constant tax rate of 25%, and it has a weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of 11%. Determine what the project's net present value (NPV) would be under the new tax law. Determine what the project's net present value (NPV) would be under the new tax law. $66.054 $63,302 $55,045 $49,541 Now determine what the project's NPV would be when using straight-line depreciation. depreciation method will result in the highest NPV for the project. Using the No other firm would take on this project if Garida turns it down. How much should Garida reduce the NPV of this project if it discovered that this project would reduce one of its division's net after-lax cash flows by $500 for each year of the four-year project? $1,163 $1,551 $1,318 $1,706 Garida spent $1,500 on a marketing study to estimate the number of units that it can sell each year. What should Garida do to take this information into account? Increase the NPV of the project $1,500 Increase the amount of the initial investment by $1,500 The company does not need to do anything with the cost of the marketing study because the marketing study is a sunk cost