GQ Ltd has been presented with the following project:

A new machine for $250,000 is required at the beginning of the first year. The machine will last for 4 years and thereafter can be disposed of for $25,000. The company's policy is to depreciate this type of machine over its economic life on a straight-line basis.

The demand for the product MH depends on the future states of the economy. In the good

state, GQ Ltd expects to sell 15,000 units per year for the next 4 years. If the economy is

bad, sales will fall to 5,000 units per year. Each state of the economy has an equal

probability to materialise. Each unit of product MH will be priced at $40. Total variable

costs are expected to be $30 per unit in the first year and thereafter rise at 10% per year.

The cost of capital (after tax) is 10%. For the purposes of tax, the machine is available for

capital allowance relief at 25% per anmm on the written down value at the beginning of

each year. Any unrelieved capital allowance will be given at the end of the project's life.

Corporate tax at 30% of the taxable profit after capital allowances is payable in the same

year as the profit to which the tax is related.

The net cash flows (before tax) for the project are assumed to be the taxable profit before

capital allowances. All cash flows are assumed to arise at the end of the year except the

purchase of the new machine.

1) Calculate the npv