Improvised explosive devices (IEDS) are responsible for many deaths in times of strife and war. Unmanned ground vehicles (robots) can be used to disarm the IEDS and perform other tasks as well. If the robots cost $140,000 each and the military arms unit signs a contract to purchase 4,500 of them now and another 8,500 one year from now, what is the equivalent annual cost of the contract over a 9-year period at 12% per year interest? The equivalent cost of the contract is determined to be $

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Improvised explosive devices (IEDS) are responsible for many deaths in times of strife and war. Unmanned ground vehicles (robots)
can be used to disarm the IEDS and perform other tasks as well. If the robots cost $140,000 each and the military arms unit signs a
contract to purchase 4,500 of them now and another 8,500 one year from now, what is the equivalent annual cost of the contract over
a 9-year period at 12% per year interest?
The equivalent cost of the contract is determined to be $
Transcribed Image Text:Improvised explosive devices (IEDS) are responsible for many deaths in times of strife and war. Unmanned ground vehicles (robots) can be used to disarm the IEDS and perform other tasks as well. If the robots cost $140,000 each and the military arms unit signs a contract to purchase 4,500 of them now and another 8,500 one year from now, what is the equivalent annual cost of the contract over a 9-year period at 12% per year interest? The equivalent cost of the contract is determined to be $
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Equivalent annual cost (EAC) is the expense each year for purchasing or keeping a resource over its lifetime. Computing EAC is helpful in planning dynamic by changing the cost of a resource over to an identical yearly sum. EAC assists with looking at the expense viability of at least two resources with various life expectancies.

 

 

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