Determine the appropriate discount factor

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Clairmont Corporation is considering the purchase of a machine that would cost $210,000 and would last for 8 years. At the end of 8 years, the machine would have a salvage value of $20,000. By reducing labor and other operating costs, the machine would provide annual cost savings of $34,000. The company requires a minimum pretax return of 8% on all investment projects. (Ignore income taxes in this problem.)

Click here to view Exhibit 11B-1 and Exhibit 11B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.

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.)

$(3,802) $12,722 $62,000 $(19,149)

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