Carson Trucking is considering whether to expand its regional service center in? Mohab, UT. The expansion requires the expenditure of $10,000,000 on new service equipment and would generate annual net cash inflows from reduced costs of operations equal to $2,500,000 per year for each of the next 8 years. In year 8 the firm will also get back a cash flow equal to the salvage value of the? equipment, which is valued at ?$11 million. ? Thus, in year 8 the investment cash inflow totals $3,500,000.
Calculate the? project's NPV using a discount rate of 9 percent.