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California Health Center, a for-profit hospital, is evaluatingthe purchase of new diagnostic equipment. The equipment, whichcosts $600,000 has an expected life of five years and an estimatedpre-tax salvage value of $200,000 at that time. The equipment isexpected to be used 15 times a day for 250 days a year for eachyear of the project's life. On average, each procedure is expectedto generate $80 in collections, which is net of bad debt losses andcontractual allowances, in its first year of use. Thus, netrevenues for Year 1 are estimated at 15 x 250 x $80 = $300,000.Labor and maintenance costs are expected to be $100,000 duringthe first year of operation, while utilities will cost another$10,000 and cash overhead will increase by $5,000 in Year 1. Thecost for expendable supplies is expected to average $5 perprocedure during the first year. All costs and revenues, exceptdepreciation, are expected to increase at a 5 percent inflationrate after the first year.The equipment falls into the MACRS five-year class for taxdepreciation and its subject to the following depreciationallowances:YearAllowance10.2020.3230.1940.1250.1160.061.00The hospital's tax rate is 40 percent, and its corporate cost ofcapital is 10 percent.QUESTION:a. Estimate the project's net cash flows over its five-yearestimated life:Year012345Equipment costNet revenuesLess: Labor/maintenance costsUtilities costsSuppliesIncremental overheadDepreciationOperating incomeTaxesNet operating incomePlus: DepreciationPlus: Equipment salvage valueNet cash flowb. What are the project's NPV and IRR? (Assume for now that theproject has average risk).PLEASE SHOW ALL WORK.