$900 $1,250 Estimated market value Useful life 6 years 9 years a Suppose that the capital investment of Atemative 1 is known with certainty. By how much would the estimate of capital investment for Alternative 2 have to vary so that the initial decision based on these data would be reversed? The annual MARR is 15% per year. b. Determine the life of Alternative 1 for which the AWWs are equal
$900 $1,250 Estimated market value Useful life 6 years 9 years a Suppose that the capital investment of Atemative 1 is known with certainty. By how much would the estimate of capital investment for Alternative 2 have to vary so that the initial decision based on these data would be reversed? The annual MARR is 15% per year. b. Determine the life of Alternative 1 for which the AWWs are equal
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Consider these two alternatives
Capital Investment
Annual revenues
Annual expenses
Estimated market value
Useful life
Alternative 1.
$4,100
$1,450
$400
$900
Alternative 2
$6,100
$1,800
$490
$1,250
6 years
9 years
a Suppose that the capital investment of Alternative 1 is known with certainty. By how much would the estimate of capital investment for Alternative 2 have to vary so that the initial decision
based on these data would be reversed? The annual MARR is 15% per year.
b. Determine the life of Alternative 1 for which the AWs are equal
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a. The capital investment of Altemalive 2 would have to be $ 6274 or less for the initial decision to be reversed. (Round to the nearest dollar)
b. The life of Alternative 1 for which the AWs are equal is
years. (Round to one decimal place)

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Single Payment
Compound
Amount
Present
Factor Worth Factor
To Find F
Given P
FIP
1.1500
1.3225
1.5209
1.7490
2.0114
Discrate Compounding; /= 15%
2.3131
2.6600
3.0590
3.5179
4.0456
4.6524
5.3503
6.1528
7.0757
8.1371
To Find P
Given F
PIF
0.8696
0.7561
0.6575
0.5718
0.4972
0.4323
0.3759
0.3269
0.2843
0.2472
0.2149
0.1869
0.1625
0.1413
0.1229
Compound
Amount
Factor
To Find F
Given A
FIA
1.0000
2.1500
3.4725
4.9934
6.7424
8.7537
11.0668
13.7268
16.7858
20.3037
24.3493
29.0017
34.3519
40.5047
47.5804
Uniform Series
Present
Worth Factor
To Find P
Given A
PIA
0.8696
1.6257
2.2832
2.8550
3.3522
3.7845
4.1604
4.4873
4.7716
5.0188
5.2337
5.4206
5.5831
5.7245
5.8474
Sinking
Fund
Factor
To Find A
Given F
AIF
1.0000
0.4651
0.2880
0.2003
0.1483
0.1142
0.0904
0.0729
0.0596
0.0493
0.0411
0.0345
0.0291
0.0247
0.0210
Capital
Recovery
Factor
To Find A
Given P
AIP
1.1500
0.6151
0.4380
0.3503
0.2983
0.2642
0.2404
0.2229
0.2096
0.1993
0.1911
0.1845
0.1791
0.1747
0.1710
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