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2. You have been asked by the president of your company to evaluate the proposed acquisition of a new spectrometer for the firm's R&D department. The equipment's base price is $70,000, and it would cost another $15,000 to modify it for special use by your firm. The spectrometer, which falls into the MACRS 3-year class, would be sold after 3 years for $30,000. Use of the equipment would require an increase in net working capital (spare parts inventory) of $4,000. The spectrometer would have no effect on revenues, but is expected to save the firm $25,000 per year in before-tax operating costs, mainly labor. The firm's marginal federal-plus-state tax rate is 26 percent. a. What is the net investment of the spectrometer? b. What are the net operating cash flows in years 1, 2 and 3? c. What is the additional, non-operating, terminal cash flow in year 3? d. If the project's cost of capital is 10 percent, should the spectrometer be purchased