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Richard and Linda Butler decide that it is time to purchase a?high-definition (HD) television because the technology has improvedand prices have fallen over the past 3 years. From their? research,they narrow their choices to two? sets, the Samsung? 64-inch plasmawith 1080p capability and the Sony? 64-inch plasma with 1080pfeatures. The price of the Samsung is ?$2,375 and the Sony willcost ?$2,740. They expect to keep the Samsung for 3? years; if theybuy the more expensive Sony? unit, they will keep the Sony for 4years. They expect sell the Samsung for ?$405 by the end of 3?years; they expect to sell the Sony for $365 at the end of the year4. Richard and Linda estimate that the? end-of-year entertainmentbenefits? (i.e., not going to movies or events and watching at?home) from the Samsung to be ?$930 and for the Sony to be ?$970.Both sets can be viewed as quality units and are equally riskypurchases. They estimate their opportunity cost to be 8.6%. TheButlers wish to choose the better alternative from a purelyfinancial perspective. To perform this analysis they wish to dothe? following:a. Determine the NPV of the Samsung HD plasma TV.b. Determine the ANPV of the Samsung HD plasma TV.c. Determine the NPV of the Sony HD plasma TV.d. Determine the ANPV of the Sony HD plasma TV.