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6. (10 points) Steamboat Ag. Inc. recently purchased a new harvester. The new machine cost S190,000 and it is expected to generate net after-tax operating cash flows, including depreciation, of $52,000 per year. The machine has a five year expected life. The expected salvage values after-tax adjustments for the machine are given below, and the company's WACC is 11%. Based on the information below, should the firm operate the machine until the end of its 5 year physical life? If not, then when is its optimal economic life? Salvage Value Annual Net operating cash flow -$190,000 Year 52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 52,000 $190,000 140,000 115,000 90,000 45,000 4

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Statement showing the evaluation of the economic useful life of the Harvester Tn a b c= a*b d = Summation of C e f= e*b g= d+f Year Net Operating Cash flows PV Factor @ 11% PV of Tn Cash flows Cumulative PV of Cash Flows Salvage Value at year Tn PV of Salvage Value Net Present Value of Cash flows as at T0 0 -1,90,000.00    1.0000    -1,90,000.00 -1,90,000.00 1,90,000.00    1,90,000.00                  -   1       52,000.00    0.9009        46,846.85 -1,43,153.15 1,40,000.00    1,26,126.13    -17,027.03 2       52,000.00    0.8116        42,204.37 -1,00,948.79 1,15,000.00       93,336.58      -7,612.21 3       52,000.00    0.7312        38,021.95     -62,926.83     90,000.00       65,807.22       2,880.39 4       52,000.00    0.6587        34,254.01     -28,672.82     45,000.00       29,642.89          970.07 5       52,000.00    0.5935        30,859.47         2,186.64                  -                      -         2,186.64 No the firm should not operate the machine until the end of 5 years since the Net cash flows are highest at year 3.