Revenues generated by a new fad product are forecast as follows:

Year Revenues

1 $50,000

2 35,000

3 30,000

4 20,000

Thereafter 0

Expenses are expected to be 40% of revenues, and working capital required in each year is expected to be 20% of revenues in the following year. The product requires an immediate investment of $60,000 in plant and equipment.

a. What is the initial investment in the product? Remember working capital.

Initial investment $___

b. If the plant and equipment are depreciated over 4 years to a salvage value of zero using straight-line depreciation, and the firms tax rate is 20%, what are the project cash flows in each year? (Enter your answers in thousands of dollars. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Year Cash Flow

1 $ ____

2 ____

3 ____

4 ____

c. If the opportunity cost of capital is 10%, what is project NPV? (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

NPV $____

d. What is the project IRR? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

IRR ____%