Nathan Caldwell Welding Company has decided to sell an improved design of gate posts. The posts will sell for $$790$ per set and have

a variable cost of $$390$ per set. The company has spent $$149,000$ for a marketing study that determined the company will sell $53,000$

sets per year for seven years. The marketing study also determined that the company will lose sales of $9,400$ sets of its high$-$priced

posts. The high$-$priced posts sell at $$1,090$ and have variable costs of $$690.$ The company will also increase sales of its cheap posts by

$10,900$ sets. The cheap posts sell for $$430$ and have variable costs of $$225$ per set. The fixed costs each year will be $$9,090,000.$ The

company has also spent $$1,100,000$ on research and development for the new posts. The plant and equipment required will cost

$$28,630,000$ and will be depreciated on a straight$-$line basis. The new posts will also require an increase in net working capital of

$$1,290,000$ that will be returned at the end of the project. The tax rate is $34$ percent, and the cost of capital is $10$ percent.

a$.$ Calculate the payback period.

Payback Period$=$ years $($Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to $3$ decimal places, e$.$g$.,$

$32\mathrm{.}161.)$

b$.$ Calculate the NPV$.$

$NPV=$$

$($Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.,32\mathrm{.}16.)$

c$.$ Calculate the IRR.

IRR $=$

$\%($Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.,32\mathrm{.}16.)$

Suppose you feel that the values are accurate to within only $+-10$ percent. What are the best$-$case and worst$-$case NPVs$?($Hint: The

price and variable costs for the two existing sets of posts are known with certainty; only the sales gained or lost are uncertain.$)($A

negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to $2$ decimal

places, e$.$g$.,32\mathrm{.}16.)$

d$.$ Calculate the Best Case NPV$.$

Best Case NPV $=$$

e$.$ Calculate the Worst Case NPV$.$

Worst Case NPV $=$ $ $\_\_\_\_\_$

answer these questions?