Pompeii, inc., has sales of $53,500, costs of $24,400, depreciation expense of $2,600, and interest expense of $2,350. if the tax rate is 25 percent, what is the operating cash flow, or ocf?

$23,062.50

Explanation:

The computation of the operating cash flow is shown below:

= EBIT + Depreciation - Income tax expense  + interest expense

where,  

EBIT = Sales - cost of good sold - depreciation expense  - interest expense

= $53,500 - $24,400 - $2,600 - $2,350

= $24,150

And, the income tax expense would be

= (Sales - cost of good sold - depreciation expense  - interest expense) × tax rate

= ($53,500 - $24,400 - $2,600 - $2,350) × 25%

= $24,150 × 25%

= $6,037.50

So, the OCF would be

= $24,150 + $2,600 - $6,037.50 + $2,350

= $23,062.50

24 years, i believe is the correct answer.

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