Question

Blossom, Inc., is considering investing in a new production line for eye drops. Other than investing in the equipment, the company needs to increase its cash and cash equivalents by $10,000, increase the level of inventory by $33,000, increase accounts receivable by $25,000, and increase accounts payable by $5,000 at the beginning of the project. Blossom will recover these changes in working capital at the end of the project 9 years later. Assume the appropriate discount rate is 10percent. What are the present values of the relevant investment cash flows? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)

Present value

$enter the Present value in dollars rounded to 2 decimal places

Answer 1

=Working capital investment*(1-1/(1+discount rate)^t)
=(-10000-33000-25000+5000)*(1-1/1.1^9)
=-36281.85004