A new generator has been installed. There will be no maintenance cost until the end of the sixth  year when P500 will be spent at the end of each successive year until the fourteenth year when  the generator will be scrapped. How much money should be set aside now to be able to sustain  these maintenance charges at 6% annually?   Please also show the cash flow diagram Thank you very much

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A new generator has been installed. There will be no maintenance cost until the end of the sixth 
year when P500 will be spent at the end of each successive year until the fourteenth year when 
the generator will be scrapped. How much money should be set aside now to be able to sustain 
these maintenance charges at 6% annually?

 

Please also show the cash flow diagram Thank you very much

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