Answer: The NPV of the project is $17,080.63.
We follow these steps to arrive at the NPV
We first need to calculate the Present value of the cash flows of each of the years.
Since the project yields $25,000 in each of the three years we can treat the $25,000 as an annuity for 3 years and discount it at 15% to find the Present Value.
We use the following formula for this:
[tex]PV_{Annuity} = C * \left ( \frac{1 -(1+r)^{-n}}{r} \right )[/tex]
Substituting the values we get,
[tex]PV_{Annuity} = 25000 * \left ( \frac{1 -(1+0.15)^{-3}}{0.15} \right )[/tex]
[tex]PV_{Annuity} = 25000 * \left ( \frac{1 -(1+0.15)^{-3}}{0.15} \right )[/tex]
[tex]PV_{Annuity} = 25000 * \left ( 0.342483768}{0.15} \right )[/tex]
[tex]PV_{Annuity} = 25000 * 2.283225117[/tex]
[tex]PV_{Annuity} = 57080.62793[/tex]
Next, we calculate NPV as follows:
[tex]\mathbf{NPV = PV of cash flows - investment}[/tex]
[tex]\mathbf{NPV = 57080.63 - 40000 = USD 17,080.63}[/tex]