The president of the company you work for has asked you to evaluate the proposed acquisition of a new chromatograph for the firms R&D department. The equipment's basic price is $69,000, and it would cost another $16,000 to modify it for special use by your firm. The chromatograph, which falls into the MACRS 3-year class, would be sold after 3 years for $31,300. The MACRS rates for the first 3 years are 0.3333, 0.4445 and 0.1481. Use of the equipment would require an increase in net working capital (spare parts inventory) of $2,560. The machine would have no effect on revenues, but it is expected to save the firm $23,260 per year in before-tax operating costs, mainly labor. The firm's marginal federal-plus-state tax rate is 40%. Cash outflows and negative NPV value, if any, should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest dollar.

1. What is the Year-0 net cash flow?

   $ ___

2. What are the net operating cash flows in Years 1, 2, and 3? Do not include recovery of NWC or salvage value in Year 3's calculation here.

   Year 1:	$ ___
   Year 2:	$ ___
   Year 3:	$ ___

3. What is the additional cash flow in Year 3 from NWC and salvage?

   $ ___

4. If the project's cost of capital is 14%, what is the NPV of the project? .

   $ ___

   Should the chromatograph be purchased?(yes or no)