Based on company records of similar equipment, a consulting civil engineer at Aerospatiale estimated for maintenance a presently owned, highly accurate steel rivet inserter whose purchase price when new is 85000$ and the maintenance cost is 11000$, 13000$, 16000$, 20000$ respectively. After fourth year the maintenance cost is 4500 N where N = 5,6,7,8 n-in year if the resale %3D value decreased by 8% of purchase prince each year what is replacement policy?
Based on company records of similar equipment, a consulting civil engineer at Aerospatiale estimated for maintenance a presently owned, highly accurate steel rivet inserter whose purchase price when new is 85000$ and the maintenance cost is 11000$, 13000$, 16000$, 20000$ respectively. After fourth year the maintenance cost is 4500 N where N = 5,6,7,8 n-in year if the resale %3D value decreased by 8% of purchase prince each year what is replacement policy?
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![Based on company records of similar equipment, a consulting civil engineer at
Aerospatiale estimated for maintenance a presently owned, highly accurate
steel rivet inserter whose purchase price when new is 85000$ and the
maintenance cost is 11000$, 13000$, 16000s, 20000$ respectively. After fourth
year the maintenance cost is 4500 N where N = 5,6,7,8 n-in year if the resale
value decreased by 8% of purchase prince each year what is replacement
policy?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fc3b6ca91-a2cc-4723-ba04-94fd27f1b09a%2Faec2682c-5a26-42ee-acb0-eff58e436717%2F3l7eb4m_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Based on company records of similar equipment, a consulting civil engineer at
Aerospatiale estimated for maintenance a presently owned, highly accurate
steel rivet inserter whose purchase price when new is 85000$ and the
maintenance cost is 11000$, 13000$, 16000s, 20000$ respectively. After fourth
year the maintenance cost is 4500 N where N = 5,6,7,8 n-in year if the resale
value decreased by 8% of purchase prince each year what is replacement
policy?
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