A build-to-operate (BTO) company signed a contract to operate Alamosa County industrial wastewater treatment plants for the next 20 years. The contract will pay the company $2.5 million now and amounts increasing by $200,000 each year through year 20. At an interest rate of 10% per year, what is the present worth now? Solve using (a) tabulated factors, and (b) a spreadsheet
A build-to-operate (BTO) company signed a contract to operate Alamosa County industrial wastewater treatment plants for the next 20 years. The contract will pay the company $2.5 million now and amounts increasing by $200,000 each year through year 20. At an interest rate of 10% per year, what is the present worth now? Solve using (a) tabulated factors, and (b) a spreadsheet
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A build-to-operate (BTO) company signed a contract
to operate Alamosa County industrial wastewater
treatment plants for the next 20 years. The
contract will pay the company $2.5 million now
and amounts increasing by $200,000 each year
through year 20. At an interest rate of 10% per
year, what is the present worth now? Solve using
(a) tabulated factors, and (b) a spreadsheet
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