You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. The Techron I costs $270,000, has a 3-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $73,000 per year. The Techron II costs $470,000, has a 5-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $46,000 per year. For both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project's life and assume a salvage value of $50,000. If your tax rate is 24 percent and your discount rate is 10 percent, compute the EAC for both machines. (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Techron I Techron II
You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. The Techron I costs $270,000, has a 3-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $73,000 per year. The Techron II costs $470,000, has a 5-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $46,000 per year. For both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project's life and assume a salvage value of $50,000. If your tax rate is 24 percent and your discount rate is 10 percent, compute the EAC for both machines. (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Techron I Techron II
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![You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. The Techron I costs
$270,000, has a 3-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $73,000 per year. The
Techron II costs $470,000, has a 5-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $46,000
per year. For both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the
project's life and assume a salvage value of $50,000. If your tax rate is 24 percent and
your discount rate is 10 percent, compute the EAC for both machines. (A negative
answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations
and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Techron I
Techron II](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F0ccbef70-c7e7-4aab-b63d-28deebf1525f%2Fe21543b4-ee85-4b18-a0f8-3e689c81fad8%2F1jse3nh_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. The Techron I costs
$270,000, has a 3-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $73,000 per year. The
Techron II costs $470,000, has a 5-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $46,000
per year. For both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the
project's life and assume a salvage value of $50,000. If your tax rate is 24 percent and
your discount rate is 10 percent, compute the EAC for both machines. (A negative
answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations
and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Techron I
Techron II
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