Nokela Industries purchases a $38.4 million cyclo-converter. The cyclo-converter will be depreciated by $9.6 million per year over four years, starting this year. Suppose Nokela's tax rate is 40%.

a. What impact will the cost of the purchase have on earnings for each of the next four years?

b. What impact will the cost of the purchase have on the firm's cash flow for the next four years?

a. What impact will the cost of the purchase have on earnings for each of the next four years?

Earnings will

increase

decrease

by $

nothing

million each year for four years.(Select from the drop-down menu and round to one decimal place.)

b. What impact will the cost of the purchase have on the firm's cash flow for the next four years?

The impact on the firm's cash flow in year 1 is $

nothing

million.(Round to one decimal place.)

The impact on the firm's cash flow in years two through four is $

nothing

million.(Round to one decimal place.)