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Martin Enterprises needs someone to supply it with 142,000cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturingneeds over the next five years, and you’ve decided to bid on thecontract. It will cost you $995,000 to install the equipmentnecessary to start production; you’ll depreciate this coststraight-line to zero over the project’s life. You estimate that,in five years, this equipment can be salvaged for $136,000. Yourfixed production costs will be $570,000 per year, and your variableproduction costs should be $19.05 per carton. You also need aninitial investment in net working capital of $124,000. Assume yourtax rate is 22 percent and you require a return of 11 percent onyour investment. a. Assuming that the price per carton is $29.40,what is the NPV of this project? (Do not round intermediatecalculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g.,32.16.) b. Assuming that the price per carton is $29.40, find thequantity of cartons per year you can supply and still break even.(Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer tothe nearest whole number, e.g., 32.) c. Assuming that the price percarton is $29.40, find the highest level of fixed costs you couldafford each year and still break even.