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Drilling-Easy (DE) Inc. currently has two products, low-priced drills and a line of smart drill bits. DE Inc. has decided to sell a new line of high-priced drills. Sales for the new line of drills are estimated at $30 million a year. Annual variable costs are 60% of sales. The project is expected to last 10 years. In addition to the production variable costs, the fixed costs each year will be $2,000,000. The company has spent $1,000,000 in a marketing and research study that determined the company will gain $12 million in sales a year of its existing line of smart drill bits. The production variable cost of these sales is $10 million a year. The plant and equipment required for producing the high-priced drills costs $10,000,000 and will be depreciated down to zero over 30 years using straight-line depreciation. It is expected that the plant and equipment can be sold for $4,000,000 at the end of the project. The project will also require an increase in net working capital of $2,000,000 today that will be returned at the end of the project. The tax rate is 20 percent and the require rate of return for this project is 10%. a. What is the initial outlay (10) for this project? The Initial Outlay is $ (Round your answer to the nearest dollar - no decimals - and commas are required to separate thousands and millions. Use negative sign for negative cash flows - do not use parenthesis). b. What is the operating cash flows (OCF) for each of the years for this project? The OCF for each year of the project are $ . (Round your answer to the nearest dollar - no decimals - and commas are required to separate thousands and millions. Use negative sign for negative cash flows - do not use parenthesis) C. What is the termination value (TV) cash flow (aka recovery cost or after-tax salvage value, or liquidation value of the assets) at the end of the project? The termination value at the end of the project is $ (Round your answer to the nearest dollar - no decimals - and commas are required to separate thousands and millions. Use negative sign for negative cash flows - do not use parenthesis). d. What is the NPV of this project? The NPV of this project is $(Round your answer to the nearest dollar - no decimals - and commas are required to separate thousands and millions. Use negative sign for negative cash flows - do not use parenthesis)

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