originally designed and can be used for quite a while longer. A new welder will cost $180,000 and have an estimated life of 8 years with no salval new welder will be much more efficient, however, and this enhanced efficiency will increase earnings before depreciation from $27,000 to $69,000 per year. The new machine will be depreciated over its 5-year MACRS recovery period, so the applicable depreciation rates are 20.00%,32.00%,19.20%,11.52%, 11.52%, and 5.76%. The applicable corporate tax rate is 25%, and the project cost of capital is 15%. What is the NPV if the firm replaces the old welder with $