An oil and gas producing company owns 49,000 acres of land in a southeastern state. It operates 650 wells which produce 19,000 barrels of oil per year and 1.5 million cubic feet of natural gas per year. The revenue from the oil is $1,900,000 per year and for natural gas the annual revenue is $583,000 per year. What bid should be made to purchase this property if the potential buyer is hoping to make 17% per year on his investment over a period of 9 years. Click the icon to view the interest and annuity table for discrete compounding when i= 17% per year. $ million or less should be offered for the property. (Round to two decimal places.)
An oil and gas producing company owns 49,000 acres of land in a southeastern state. It operates 650 wells which produce 19,000 barrels of oil per year and 1.5 million cubic feet of natural gas per year. The revenue from the oil is $1,900,000 per year and for natural gas the annual revenue is $583,000 per year. What bid should be made to purchase this property if the potential buyer is hoping to make 17% per year on his investment over a period of 9 years. Click the icon to view the interest and annuity table for discrete compounding when i= 17% per year. $ million or less should be offered for the property. (Round to two decimal places.)
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![An oil and gas producing company owns 49,000 acres of land in a southeastern state. It operates 650 wells which produce 19,000 barrels of oil per year and 1.5 million cubic feet of natural gas
per year. The revenue from the oil is $1,900,000 per year and for natural gas the annual revenue is $583,000 per year. What bid should be made to purchase this property if the potential buyer is
hoping to make 17% per year on his investment over a period of 9 years.
Click the icon to view the interest and annuity table for discrete compounding when i = 17% per year.
$
million or less should be offered for the property. (Round to two decimal places.)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F57ce95b0-55bf-4b74-8a30-95af5babada9%2Fd79e50bd-b9c5-4a80-8a97-ba0594ef4325%2Fluhhnxk_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:An oil and gas producing company owns 49,000 acres of land in a southeastern state. It operates 650 wells which produce 19,000 barrels of oil per year and 1.5 million cubic feet of natural gas
per year. The revenue from the oil is $1,900,000 per year and for natural gas the annual revenue is $583,000 per year. What bid should be made to purchase this property if the potential buyer is
hoping to make 17% per year on his investment over a period of 9 years.
Click the icon to view the interest and annuity table for discrete compounding when i = 17% per year.
$
million or less should be offered for the property. (Round to two decimal places.)
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