The management of Urbine Corporation is considering the purchase of a machine that would cost $300,000 would last for 5 years, and would have no salvage value. The machine would reduce labor and other costs by $70,000 per year. The company requires a minimum pretax return of 12% on all investment projects. (Ignore income taxes in this problem.)
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The net present value of the proposed project is closest to: (Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places, intermediate and final answers to the nearest dollar amount.)
-$24,403-$6,650-$47,650-$70,897