Determine the economic lives for assets A and B.
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Transcribed Image Text:a. Determine the economic lives for assets A and B.

Transcribed Image Text:The following pair of assets differ only in the MARR. The problem asks you to determine the effect of this difference on
the economic life and to explain the result. All assets decline in value by 20 percent of current value each year.
Installation costs are zero for all assets. Further data concerning the four pairs of assets are given in the table that
follows.
Asset First Cost
A
B
$130,000
$130,000
Initial Operating
Cost
$35,000
$35,000
Rate of Operating
Cost Increase
11.5%/year
11.5%/year
MARR
5%
25%
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