Caspian Sea Drinks is considering the production of a diet drink. The expansion of the plant and the purchase of the equipment necessary to produce the diet drink will cost $28.00 million. The plant...

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Extracted text: Caspian Sea Drinks is considering the production of a diet drink. The expansion of the plant and the purchase of the equipment necessary to produce the diet drink will cost $28.00 million. The plant and equipment will be depreciated over 10 years to a book value of $1.00 million, and sold for that amount in year 10. Net working capital will increase by $1.27 million at the beginning of the project and will be recovered at the end. The new diet drink will produce revenues of $9.35 million per year and cost $1.57 million per year over the 10-year life of the project. Marketing estimates 16.00% of the buyers of the diet drink will be people who will switch from the regular drink. The marginal tax rate is 35.00% The WACC is 12.00%. Find the NPV (net present value). Submit Answer format: Currency Round to: 2 decimal places Caspian Sea Drinks is considering the production of a diet drink. The expansion of the plant and the purchase of the equipment necessary to produce the diet drink will cost $26.00 million. The plant and equipment will be depreciated over 10 years to a book value of $2.00 million, and sold for that amount in year 10. Net working capital will increase by $1.42 million at the beginning of the project and will be recovered at the end. The new diet drink will produce revenues of $9.33 million per year and cost $1.79 million per year over the 10-year life of the project. Marketing estimates 10.00% of the buyers of the diet drink will be people who will switch from the regular drink. The marginal tax rate is 32.00%. The WACC is 11.00%. Find the IRR (internal rate of return). Submit Answer format: Percentage Round to 4 decimal places (Example 9.2434%, % sign required. Will accept decimal format rounded to 6 decimal places (ex: 0.092434))