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Miller mfg. is analyzing a proposed project. the company expects to sell 8,000 units, plus or minus 2 percent. the expected variable cost per unit is $11 and the expected fixed costs are $287,000. the fixed and variable cost estimates are considered accurate within a plus or minus 5 percent range. the depreciation expense is $68,000. the tax rate is 32 percent. the sales price is estimated at $64 a unit, plus or minus 3 percent. what is the earnings before interest and taxes under the base case scenario?

Case in point 2.4 attaway airlines, part two back at attaway airlines, the morning meeting ended with no agreement between dan esposito and molly kinnon. in fact, a new issue arose. molly now says that the new accounting system is entitled to the highest priority because the federal government soon will require the reporting of certain types of company-paid health insurance premiums. because the current system will not handle this report, she insists that the entire accounting system is a nondiscretionary project. as you might expect, dan is upset. can part of a project be nondiscretionary? what issues need to be discussed? the committee meets again tomorrow, and the members will look to you, as the it director, for guidance.

You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. the techron i costs $285,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $78,000 per year. the techron ii costs $495,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $45,000 per year. for both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project’s life and assume a salvage value of $55,000. if your tax rate is 24 percent and your discount rate is 11 percent, compute the eac for both machines.