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Natures Way Inc. is planning to invest in new manufacturing equipment to make a new garden tool. The garden tool is expected to generate additional annual sales of 8,400 units at $54 each. The new manufacturing equipment will cost $191,000 and is expected to have a 10-year life and $14,600 residual value. Selling expenses related to the new product are expected to be 5% of sales revenue. The cost to manufacture the product includes the following on a per-unit basis:

Direct labor		$9.2
Direct materials		30
Fixed factory overhead-depreciation		2.1
Variable factory overhead		4.6
	Total	$45.9

Determine the net cash flows for the first year of the project, Years 29, and for the last year of the project. Use the minus sign to indicate cash outflows. Do not round your intermediate calculations but, if required, round your final answer to the nearest dollar.

Natures Way Inc. Net Cash Flows

	Year 1	Years 2-9	Last Year
Initial investment	fill in the blank 1
Operating cash flows:
Annual revenues	$fill in the blank 2	$fill in the blank 3	$fill in the blank 4
Selling expenses	fill in the blank 5	fill in the blank 6	fill in the blank 7
Cost to manufacture	fill in the blank 8	fill in the blank 9	fill in the blank 10
Net operating cash flows	$fill in the blank 11	$fill in the blank 12	$fill in the blank 13
Total for Year 1	$fill in the blank 14
Total for Years 2-9		$fill in the blank 15
Residual value			fill in the blank 16
Total for last year			$fill in the blank 17

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