A piece of construction equipment will cost $6,000 new and will have an expected life of 8 years, with no salvage value at the end of its life. The disbursements for taxes, insurance, maintenance, fuels, and lubricants are estimated to be $1,500 for the first two years, $1,700 for the third, $1,900 for the fourth, and will continue to increase by $200 each year thereafter. a) Draw a fully labelled diagram to represent this cash flow. b) What is the equivalent Future Cost (FW) of this piece of equipment if the rate of interest is 12%?

A piece of construction equipment will cost $6,000 new and will have an expected life of 8 years, with no salvage value at the end of its life. The disbursements for taxes, insurance, maintenance, fuels, and lubricants are estimated to be $1,500 for the first two years, $1,700 for the third, $1,900 for the fourth, and will continue to increase by $200 each year thereafter. a) Draw a fully labelled diagram to represent this cash flow. b) What is the equivalent Future Cost (FW) of this piece of equipment if the rate of interest is 12%?

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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