Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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![Assume you are investigating buying one of two different robots. The annual benefits are unknown (but equal between the
alternatives), and the costs and salvage value are listed below. Which should be selected based on an annual worth comparison at
an interest rate of 10% per year?
a) What is the Capital Recovery cost for Robot A?
b) What is the Capital Recovery cost for Robot B?
c) What is the total Annual Worth for Robot A?
d) What is the total Annual Worth for Robot B?
e) Which Robot would you select?
f) With your selection in part (e), what is the Annual Net Cash
Flow that is required recover the capital expenditure on this robot?
(Reminder: Annual Net Cash Flow = Annual Cash Inflow -
Annual Cash Outflow)
First cost
Maintenance cost/year
Salvage value
Life, years
Robot A
($10,000)
($1,000)
$1,500
3
Robot B
($12,000)
($2,400)
$2,000](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F56fee267-09eb-4cf6-925d-6d5b8adc5c09%2F15de01f9-aed5-4aaf-8130-208a9f3b6172%2Fy0q2ouh_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Assume you are investigating buying one of two different robots. The annual benefits are unknown (but equal between the
alternatives), and the costs and salvage value are listed below. Which should be selected based on an annual worth comparison at
an interest rate of 10% per year?
a) What is the Capital Recovery cost for Robot A?
b) What is the Capital Recovery cost for Robot B?
c) What is the total Annual Worth for Robot A?
d) What is the total Annual Worth for Robot B?
e) Which Robot would you select?
f) With your selection in part (e), what is the Annual Net Cash
Flow that is required recover the capital expenditure on this robot?
(Reminder: Annual Net Cash Flow = Annual Cash Inflow -
Annual Cash Outflow)
First cost
Maintenance cost/year
Salvage value
Life, years
Robot A
($10,000)
($1,000)
$1,500
3
Robot B
($12,000)
($2,400)
$2,000
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