The Garden Mart Is Analyzing a Proposed 3-Year Project

Multiple Choice

The Garden Mart is analyzing a proposed 3-year project.Expected sales are 16,000 units,±6 percent.The expected variable cost per unit is $4,and the expected fixed costs are $16,000.The fixed and variable cost estimates have a range of ±1 percent.The sales price is estimated at $15 a unit,±3 percent.The project requires an initial investment of $41,000 for equipment that will be depreciated using the straight-line method to zero over the project's life.The equipment can be sold for $12,000 at the end of the project.The project requires $5,600 in net working capital.The discount rate is 16 percent,and the tax rate is 35 percent.What is the operating cash flow under the optimistic case scenario?

A) $120,063.17
B) $118,542.27
C) $121,153.09
D) $122,694.40
E) $117,947.60