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You work for Apple. After toiling away on $10.7 million worth of prototypes, you have finally produced your answer to Google Glasses: iGlasses (the name alone is genius). iGlasses will instantly transport the wearer into the world as Apple wants him to experience it: iTunes with the blink of an eye and apps that can be activated just by looking at them. You think that these will sell for five years until the next big thing comes along (i.e. Galaxy Glass). Revenues are projected to be $442.1 million per year along with expenses of $350.3 million. You will need to spend $64 million immediately on additional equipment that will be depreciated using the 5-year MACRS schedule. [Note: Equipment is put into use in year 1, so depreciation starts in year 1. From year 1 to year 6, depreciation is 12.8, 20.48, 12.29, 7.37, 7.37, 3.69.] Additionally, you will use some fully depreciated existing equipment that has a market value of $9.9 million. As the iGlasses are an outcome of the R&D center, Apple plans to charge $5 million of the annual costs of the center to the iGlass product for four years. Finally, Apple's working capital levels will increase from their current level of $121 million to $141.2 million immediately. They will remain at the elevated level until Year 4, and they will return to $121 million by Year 5. Apple's discount rate for this project is 14.5% and its tax rate is 35%. What is the NPV of Apple's project? Provide details on how you get to each line of items.