A Company is considering the purchase of a machine for ? 3,50,000. It feels quite confident that it can sell the goods produced by the machine so as to yield an annual cash surplus of 1,00,000. There is however an uncertainty as to the machine's working life. A recently published Trade Association Survey shows that members of the association have between them owned 250 of these machines and have found the lives of the machines vary as under: No. of year of machine life 3 4 5 6 7 Total 20 No. of machines having given life 50 100 70 10 250 Assuming discount rate of 10% the net present value for each different machine's life is as follows: Machine life 3 4 5 6 7 NPV () (1,01,000) (33,000) 29,000 86,000 1,37,000 You required to advice whether the company should purchase the machine or not.

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A Company is considering the purchase of a machine for ? 3,50,000. It feels quite confident that it can sell
the goods produced by the machine so as to yield an annual cash surplus of 1,00,000. There is however
an uncertainty as to the machine's working life. A recently published Trade Association Survey shows that
members of the association have between them owned 250 of these machines and have found the lives
of the machines vary as under:
No. of year of machine life
3
Total
4
5
6
7
No. of machines having given life
20
50
100
70
10
250
Assuming discount rate of 10% the net present value for each different machine's life is as follows:
Machine life
3
4
5
6
7
NPV (7)
(1,01,000)
(33,000)
29,000
86,000
1,37,000
You required to advice whether the company should purchase the machine or not.
Transcribed Image Text:A Company is considering the purchase of a machine for ? 3,50,000. It feels quite confident that it can sell the goods produced by the machine so as to yield an annual cash surplus of 1,00,000. There is however an uncertainty as to the machine's working life. A recently published Trade Association Survey shows that members of the association have between them owned 250 of these machines and have found the lives of the machines vary as under: No. of year of machine life 3 Total 4 5 6 7 No. of machines having given life 20 50 100 70 10 250 Assuming discount rate of 10% the net present value for each different machine's life is as follows: Machine life 3 4 5 6 7 NPV (7) (1,01,000) (33,000) 29,000 86,000 1,37,000 You required to advice whether the company should purchase the machine or not.
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