A town want to replace an existing bridge that cost $5000 annually in an operation and maintenance has a remaining useful life of 20yrs. The new bridge will cost $500000 for construction and an additional $2000 for manual operation. The new bridge is expected to have a useful life of 50yrs. Thus, extending the life by 30yrs if interest rate is 8% single payment present worth of 20yrs is what?
A town want to replace an existing bridge that cost $5000 annually in an operation and maintenance has a remaining useful life of 20yrs. The new bridge will cost $500000 for construction and an additional $2000 for manual operation. The new bridge is expected to have a useful life of 50yrs. Thus, extending the life by 30yrs if interest rate is 8% single payment present worth of 20yrs is what?
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![A town want to replace an existing bridge that cost $5000 annually in an operation
and maintenance has a remaining useful life of 20yrs. The new bridge will cost
$500000 for construction and an additional $2000 for manual operation. The new
bridge is expected to have a useful life of 50yrs. Thus, extending the life by 30yrs
if interest rate is 8% single payment present worth of 20yrs is what?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fb7853c10-0d96-4a45-a222-1abe00ca1acc%2Ffa4ac675-1b39-4089-bf1b-4858da1d6b94%2Frd73bd_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A town want to replace an existing bridge that cost $5000 annually in an operation
and maintenance has a remaining useful life of 20yrs. The new bridge will cost
$500000 for construction and an additional $2000 for manual operation. The new
bridge is expected to have a useful life of 50yrs. Thus, extending the life by 30yrs
if interest rate is 8% single payment present worth of 20yrs is what?
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