Joe is considering the purchase of a new machine that will produce widgets. The widget maker will require an initial investment of $10,000 and has an economic life of five years and will be fully depreciated by the straight line method. The machine will produce 1,500 widgets per year with each costing $2.00 to make. Each will be sold at $4.50. Assume Joe uses a discount rate of 14 percent and has a tax rate of 34 percent. What is the NPV of the project and should Joe make the purchase.

Yes, NPV = 831.37

No, NPV = -932.02

Yes, NPV = 2,874.05

Yes, NPV= 1397.83