9. A new business opportunity has presented itself. The business venture is expected to last for ten years. For the first four years, negative cash flows of $30,000 per year are expected at the end of each year. No net cash flow is expected at the end of year five. A positive cash flow of $35,000 is anticipated at the end of year six. A positive cash flow of $45,000 is expected at the end of years seven through ten. At the end of year ten, the business will be sold for $270,000. What is the present value of all of the future cash flows, assuming a 16.50% annual cost of capital

How should the environmental effects be dealt with when evaluating this project? the environmental effects should be ignored since the plant is legal without mitigation. the environmental effects should be treated as a sunk cost and therefore ignored. if the utility mitigates for the environmental effects, the project is not acceptable. however, before the company chooses to do the project without mitigation, it needs to make sure that any costs of "ill will" for not mitigating for the environmental effects have been considered in the original analysis. the environmental effects should be treated as a remote possibility and should only be considered at the time in which they actually occur. the environmental effects if not mitigated would result in additional cash flows. therefore, since the plant is legal without mitigation, there are no benefits to performing a "no mitigation" analysis.