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Expando, Inc., is considering the possibility of building anadditional factory that would produce a new addition to theirproduct line. The company is currently considering two options. Thefirst is a small facility that it could build at a cost of $6million. If demand for new products is low, the company expects toreceive $10 million in discounted revenues (present value of futurerevenues) with the small facility. On the other hand, if demand ishigh, it expects $12 million in discounted revenues using the smallfacility. The second option is to build a large factory at a costof $9 million. Were demand to be low, the company would expect $10million in discounted revenues with the large plant. If demand ishigh, the company estimates that the discounted revenues would be$14 million. In either case, the probability of demand being highis .40, and the probability of it being low is .60. Notconstructing a new factory would result in no additional revenuebeing generated because the current factories cannot produce thesenew products.

a.

Calculate the NPV for the following: (Leave no cellsblank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Enter youranswers in millions rounded to 1 decimal place.)

  PlansNPV     
  Small facility$million
  Do nothingmillion
  Large facilitymillion
b.The best decision to helpExpando is
to build the small facility.
to build the large facility.
to do nothing.

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The probability of demand being high 040 The probability of demand being low 060 Ans a Small facility Cost of small facility 6 million Revenue if the demand is low 10 million    See Answer
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