Colsen Communications is trying to estimate the first-year net operating cash flow (at Year 1) for a proposed project. The financial staff has collected the following information on the project: Sales revenues $5 million Operating costs (excluding depreciation) 3.5 million Depreciation 1 million Interest expense 1 million The company has a 40% tax rate, and its WACC is 14%. Write out your answers completely. For example, 13 million should be entered as 13,000,000. What is the project's operating cash flow for the first year (t = 1)? Round your answer to the nearest dollar. $     If this project would cannibalize other projects by $0.5 million of cash flow before taxes per year, how would this change your answer to part a? Round your answer to the nearest dollar. The firm's OCF would now be $

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Colsen Communications is trying to estimate the first-year net operating cash flow (at Year 1) for a proposed project. The financial staff has collected the following information on the project:

Sales revenues $5 million
Operating costs (excluding depreciation) 3.5 million
Depreciation 1 million
Interest expense 1 million

The company has a 40% tax rate, and its WACC is 14%.

Write out your answers completely. For example, 13 million should be entered as 13,000,000.

    1. What is the project's operating cash flow for the first year (t = 1)? Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
      $  

 

  1. If this project would cannibalize other projects by $0.5 million of cash flow before taxes per year, how would this change your answer to part a? Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
    The firm's OCF would now be $  

 

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