Question: 1. A cost-cutting project will decrease costs by $37,400 a year. The annual depreciation on the project's fixed assets will be $4,700 and the tax rate is 34 percent. What is the amount of the change in the firm's operating cash flow resulting from this project?
2. Cinram Machines has the following estimates for its new gear assembly project: price = $1,870 per unit; variable costs = $949 per unit; fixed costs = $1.4 million; quantity = 42,000 units. Suppose the company believes all of its estimates are accurate only to within ± 3 percent. What value should the company use for its total variable costs when performing its best-case scenario analysis?