Zoso is a rental car company that is trying to determine whetherto add 25 cars to its fleet. The company fully depreciates all itsrental cars over five years using the straight-line method. Thenew cars are expected to generate $140,000 per year inearnings before taxes and depreciation for five years. Thecompany is entirely financed by equity and has a 40 percent taxrate. The required return on the company's unlevered equity is12 percent, and the new fleet will not change the risk of thecompany.a. What is the maximum price that the company should bewilling to pay for the new fleet of cars if it remains an all-equitycompany? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round thefinal answer to 2 decimal places. Omit $ sign in yourresponse.)Maximum priceb. Suppose the company can purchase the fleet of cars for$360,000. Additionally, assume the company can issue$200,000 of five-year, 8 percent debt to finance the project. Allprincipal will be repaid in one balloon payment at the end of thefifth year. What is the APV of the project? (Do not roundintermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2decimal places. Omit $ sign in your response.)Adjusted present value$LA

Concept.APV. ( Adjusted present value.)It is net present value of the project if it were funded…

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