Knable Incorporated manufactures farm equipment. Knable is going to build a new factory. Based on projections, it is expected that Knable will need to invest 5,700,000 at the beginning of this project. Additional cash flows over the next five years will be as follows:End of Year 1 2 3 4 5Cash Flow−1,000,000 X 2,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000After five years, the factory will be obsolete and not generate any additional cash flows. This factory based on expected cash flows will generate an internal rate of return of 9.5%.Calculate the Net Present Value of the expected cash flows at an annual effective rate of 11%.(Round your answer to the nearest 2 decimal places.)

Aproduction line has three machines a, b, and c, with reliabilities of .96, .86, and .85, respectively. the machines are arranged so that if one breaks down, the others must shut down. engineers are weighing two alternative designs for increasing the line’s reliability. plan 1 involves adding an identical backup line, and plan 2 involves providing a backup for each machine. in either case, three machines (a, b, and c) would be used with reliabilities equal to the original three. a. compute overall system reliability under plan 1. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability b. compute overall system reliability under plan 2. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability c. which plan will provide the higher reliability? plan2plan1