Suppose Alcatel-Lucent has an equity cost of capital of 10.1%, market capitalization of $11.70 billion, and an enterprise value of $15 billion. AssumeAlcatel-Lucent's debt cost of capital is 6.5%, its marginal tax rate is 35%, the WACC is 8.81%, and it maintains a constant debt-equity ratio. The firm has a project with average risk. Expected free cash flow, debt capacity, and interest payments are shown in the table:

a. What is the free cash flow to equity for this project?

b. What is its NPV computed using the FTE method? How does it compare with the NPV based on the WACC method?

2 101 14.36 2.18 3 71 0.00 0.93 Year 100 41.41 0.00 52 33.61 2.69 FCF (S million) Interest