Determine the equal annual net cash flows from operating the bulldozer.  Jones Excavation CompanyEqual Annual Net Cash Flows Cash inflows:           Hours of operation       × $Revenue per hour         $Revenue per year Cash outflows:           Hours of operation     $Fuel cost per hour       Labor cost per hour         × $Total fuel and labor costs per hour         Fuel and labor costs per year       Maintenance costs per year       $Annual net cash flows     Feedback   a. Subtract the operating expenses (hourly fuel and labor costs, multiplied by the operating hours, plus the annual maintenance costs) from the revenues (operating hours multiplied by the hourly revenue). b. Determine the net present value of the investment, assuming that the desired rate of return is 20%. Use the present value of an annuity of $1 table above. Round to the nearest dollar. If required, use the minus sign to indicate a negative net present value. Present value of annual net cash flows $fill in the blank 2344e6f95060fa7_1 Amount to be invested fill in the blank 2344e6f95060fa7_2 Net present value $fill in the blank 2344e6f95060fa7_3 c. Should Jones invest in the bulldozer, based on this analysis?   , because the bulldozer cost is     the present value of the cash flows at the minimum desired rate of return of 20%. d. Determine the number of operating hours such that the present value of cash flows equals the amount to be invested. Round interim calculations and final answer to the nearest whole number. fill in the blank 2344e6f95060fa7_6 hours

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Net Present Value Method—Annuity

Jones Excavation Company is planning an investment of $144,800 for a bulldozer. The bulldozer is expected to operate for 1,000 hours per year for seven years. Customers will be charged $130 per hour for bulldozer work. The bulldozer operator costs $34 per hour in wages and benefits. The bulldozer is expected to require annual maintenance costing $10,000. The bulldozer uses fuel that is expected to cost $45 per hour of bulldozer operation.

Present Value of an Annuity of $1 at Compound Interest
Year 6% 10% 12% 15% 20%
1 0.943 0.909 0.893 0.870 0.833
2 1.833 1.736 1.690 1.626 1.528
3 2.673 2.487 2.402 2.283 2.106
4 3.465 3.170 3.037 2.855 2.589
5 4.212 3.791 3.605 3.353 2.991
6 4.917 4.355 4.111 3.785 3.326
7 5.582 4.868 4.564 4.160 3.605
8 6.210 5.335 4.968 4.487 3.837
9 6.802 5.759 5.328 4.772 4.031
10 7.360 6.145 5.650 5.019 4.192

a. Determine the equal annual net cash flows from operating the bulldozer.

 Jones Excavation CompanyEqual Annual Net Cash Flows
Cash inflows:      
 
  Hours of operation  
 
  × $Revenue per hour  
 
    $Revenue per year
Cash outflows:      
 
  Hours of operation  
 
$Fuel cost per hour    
 
Labor cost per hour    
 
  × $Total fuel and labor costs per hour  
 
    Fuel and labor costs per year
 
    Maintenance costs per year
 
    $Annual net cash flows
 
 
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a. Subtract the operating expenses (hourly fuel and labor costs, multiplied by the operating hours, plus the annual maintenance costs) from the revenues (operating hours multiplied by the hourly revenue).

b. Determine the net present value of the investment, assuming that the desired rate of return is 20%. Use the present value of an annuity of $1 table above. Round to the nearest dollar. If required, use the minus sign to indicate a negative net present value.

Present value of annual net cash flows $fill in the blank 2344e6f95060fa7_1
Amount to be invested fill in the blank 2344e6f95060fa7_2
Net present value $fill in the blank 2344e6f95060fa7_3

c. Should Jones invest in the bulldozer, based on this analysis?

 

, because the bulldozer cost is 

 

 the present value of the cash flows at the minimum desired rate of return of 20%.

d. Determine the number of operating hours such that the present value of cash flows equals the amount to be invested. Round interim calculations and final answer to the nearest whole number.
fill in the blank 2344e6f95060fa7_6 hours

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