he had Dr. Harold Wolf of Medical Research Corporation (MRC) was thrilled with the response the pain from arthritis. the three offers described be received from drug companies for his latest discovery, a unique electronic stimulator that reduces The process had yet to pass rigorous Federal Drug Administration (FDA) g and was still in the early stages of development, but the interest was intense. He received low this paragraph. (A 10 percent interest rate should be used throughout this analysis unless otherwise specified.) from year 6 through 15. Also if the product did over S100 million in cumulative sales by the end of year 15, he would receive an additional S3,000,000. Dr. Wolf thought there was a 70 percent probability this would happen. Offer II Thirty percent of the buyer's gross profit on the product for the next four years. The buyer in this case was Zbay Pharmaceutical. Zbay's gross profit margin was 60 percent. Sales in year one were projected to be S2 million and then expected to grow by 40 percent per year. Offer III A trust fund would be set up for the next 8 years. The trust fund called for semiannual payments for the next 8 years of $200.000 (a total of $400,000 per year).The payments would start immediately, Assume the annual interest rate on this annuity is 10 percent annually (5 percent semiannually). Determine the present value of the trust Which offer would you advise Dr. Wolf to take? For part (a), you need to use (time-line and formulas only. For part (b) you need to use your calculator functions (PV, FV, PMT, L/Y and N) to estimate the value of each offer. Compare the answers from parts (a) & (b); they must match! Hint: To calculate the value of each offer you only need to calculate the PV (the value of the offer today). No need to calculate future values and then discount them back to present values Using MS Excel (Spreadsheets) is NOT allowed. Groups of 4 students. Make sure you turn in a clean solution (hardcopy only before the lecture). The way you present your project matters You are permitted to turn in either a typed or a hand-written report