Myers Manufacturing Inc. wants to build a booth for painting the boxes it makes for small transformers used to power neon signs. The company can choose either a solvent-based or a powder-based paint process. The following table summarizes the costs and investment required by each approach: Solvent-Paint Powder-Paint Process Process $1,200,000 0.20 Initial investment Unit paint cost Estimated life in years 400,000 S 0.22 10 10 2,000,000 2,000,000 Annual units 3:52:11 The firm will incur additional environmental costs with the solvent paint process but not with the powder paint process. The firm estimates annual environmental costs for the solvent paint process as follows: ped Unit Units 12 Cost $ 1,000 3,000 0.17 Monthly pit cleaning Hazardous was te disposal Superfund fee Worker training 183 18,690 1,500 10,000 1,000 Insurance Amortization of air-emission permit Air-emission fee 0.2 44.6 25 Recordkeeping 45,000 50,000 0.25 Wastewater treatment The firm estimates its after-tax cost of capital to be 12%. Either system is a 10-year property under MACRS (see text Exhibit ww AG 10,000 1,000 Insurance Amortization of air-emission permit Air-emission fee Recordkeeping 0.2 44 . 6 25 0.25 45,000 50,000 Wastewater treatment 1 The firm estimates its after-tax cost of capital to be 12%. Either system is a 10-year property under MACRS (see text Exhibit 12.4). The firm pays a total of 40% in income taxes. Required: 1. What is the total cost, in present value terms, of the Solvent-Paint System? 2. What is the total cost, in present value terms, of the Powder-Paint System? 3. What is the most the firm should be willing to pay for the powder-based process? (For all requirements, Round your answer to the nearest dollar amount.) Total cost (Solvent-Paint System) 1 Total cost (Powder-Paint System) 2 Maximum amount to be paid 3