2. Beckton Steel Products, a company that specializes in crankshaft hardening, is investigating whether it should update certain equipment now or wait and do it later. If the cost now is P180,000, what would the equivalent amount be 3 years from now at an interest rate of 10% per year?

2. Beckton Steel Products, a company that specializes in crankshaft hardening, is investigating whether it should update certain equipment now or wait and do it later. If the cost now is P180,000, what would the equivalent amount be 3 years from now at an interest rate of 10% per year?

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