Product Development Manager at Bright (USA) Inc., Kent Duncan is considering to add self-service car wash as a new venture for the company. Kent Duncan is exploring the possibility of opening a self-service car wash and operating it for the next five years as additional revenue to the company. He has gathered the following information which is recorded below:

a. A building in which a car wash could be installed is available under a five-year lease at a cost of $1,700 per month. b. Purchase and installation costs of equipment would total $200,000. In five years the equipment could be sold for about 10% of its original cost. c. An investment of an additional $2,000 would be required to cover working capital needs for cleaning supplies, change funds, and so forth. d. Both a wash and a vacuum service would be offered. Each customer would pay $2.00 for a wash and $1.00 for access to a vacuum cleaner. e. The only variable costs associated with the operation would be 20 cents per wash for water and 10 cents per use of the vacuum for electricity. f. In addition to rent, monthly costs of operation would be: cleaning, $450; insurance, $75; and maintenance, $500. g. Gross receipts from the wash would be about $1,350 per week. According to the experience of other car washes, 60% of the customers using the wash would also use the vacuum.

Kent, after consultation with the management, has set up a policy where the car wash will not be opened unless it provides at least a 10% return.

Assist Kent Duncan, the Product Development Manager at Bright (USA) Inc. on the following: (a) Assuming the car wash will be open 52 weeks a year, show Kent the expected annual net cash receipts (gross cash receipts less cash disbursements) from its operation. (Do not include the cost of the equipment, the working capital, or the salvage value in these computations.) (b) Show Kent the net present value of the investment in the car wash. (c) Advise him whether or not to open the car wash. Round all dollar figures to the nearest whole dollar.