Mattice Corporation is considering investing $$720,000$ in a

project. The life of the project would be $11$ years. The project

would require additional working capital of $$22,000,$ which would be

released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The annual

net cash inflows would be $$154,000.$ The salvage value of the assets

used in the project would be $$32,000.$ The company uses a discount

rate of $18\%.($Ignore income taxes.$)$ Click here to view Exhibit

$14$B$-1$ and Exhibit $14$B$-2,$ to determine the appropriate discount

factor$($s$)$ using the tables provided. Required: Compute the net

present value of the project. $($Negative amount should be indicated

by a minus sign. Round your intermediate calculations and final

answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.$)$