Matheson Electronics has just developed a new electronic device that it believes will have broad market appeal. The company has performed marketing and cost studies that revealed the following information: a. New equipment would have to be acquired to produce the device. The equipment would cost $246,000 and have a 5ix-year useful life. After six years, it would have a salvage value of about $24,000. b. Sales in units over the next six years are projected to be as follows: c. Production and sales of the device would require working capital of $57,000 to finance accounts receivable, inventories, and dayto-day cash needs. This working capital would be released at the end of the project's life. d. The devices would selt for $40 each; variable costs for production, administration, and sales would be $25 per unit. e. Fixed costs for salaries, maintenance, property taxes, insurance, and straight-line depreciation on the equipment would total $132,000 per yeat. (Depreciation is based on cost less salvage value.) 1. To gain rapid entry into the market, the company would hove to odvertise heavily. The advertising costs would be: 9. The company's required rate of return is 15% : Click here to view and Exhibit 148-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables. Required: 1. Compute the net cash inflow (incremental contribution margin minus incrementai fored expenses) anticipated from sale of the device for each year over the next six years. 2a, Using the dota computed in (f) above and other data provided in the problem, determine the net present value of the proposed imestment. 2-b. Would you recommend that Matheson accept the device as a new product? Compute the net cash inflow (incremental contribution margin minus incremental fixed expenses) anticipated from sale of the device for each year over the next six years. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.) Using the data computed in (1) above and other data provided in the problem, determine the net present value of the proposed investment. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.) Matheson Electronics has just developed a new electronic device that it believes will have broad market appeal. The company has performed marketing and cost studies that revealed the following information: a. New equipment would have to be acquired to produce the device. The equipment would cost $246,000 and have a 5ix-year useful life. After six years, it would have a salvage value of about $24,000. b. Sales in units over the next six years are projected to be as follows: c. Production and sales of the device would require working capital of $57,000 to finance accounts receivable, inventories, and dayto-day cash needs. This working capital would be released at the end of the project's life. d. The devices would selt for $40 each; variable costs for production, administration, and sales would be $25 per unit. e. Fixed costs for salaries, maintenance, property taxes, insurance, and straight-line depreciation on the equipment would total $132,000 per yeat. (Depreciation is based on cost less salvage value.) 1. To gain rapid entry into the market, the company would hove to odvertise heavily. The advertising costs would be: 9. The company's required rate of return is 15% : Click here to view and Exhibit 148-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables. Required: 1. Compute the net cash inflow (incremental contribution margin minus incrementai fored expenses) anticipated from sale of the device for each year over the next six years. 2a, Using the dota computed in (f) above and other data provided in the problem, determine the net present value of the proposed imestment. 2-b. Would you recommend that Matheson accept the device as a new product? Compute the net cash inflow (incremental contribution margin minus incremental fixed expenses) anticipated from sale of the device for each year over the next six years. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.) Using the data computed in (1) above and other data provided in the problem, determine the net present value of the proposed investment. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
