You bought a new car which you intend to use as a public utility vehicle for P950,000. The expected life of the car is ten (10) years for its intended use.  Your driver and you agreed that for the first five (5) years , your “boundary” is P1,500.00 per day and P1,000.00 per day for the rest of its economic life.  You also expected a repair and maintenance costs of P30,000 every six (6) months from year one (1) to five (5) and P50,000 from year six (6) to ten (10).  At the end of 10 years you can sell the car for P100,000.  If your MARR on invested capital is 15% every (6) months, determine whether this is a good investment.                                                                                          Use the present Worth method in your solution.  Indicate all other assumptions you use in your analysis.Use manually solve and don't use excel.

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  1. You bought a new car which you intend to use as a public utility vehicle for P950,000. The expected life of the car is ten (10) years for its intended use.  Your driver and you agreed that for the first five (5) years , your “boundary” is P1,500.00 per day and P1,000.00 per day for the rest of its economic life.  You also expected a repair and maintenance costs of P30,000 every six (6) months from year one (1) to five (5) and P50,000 from year six (6) to ten (10).  At the end of 10 years you can sell the car for P100,000.  If your MARR on invested capital is 15% every (6) months, determine whether this is a good investment.                                                                                          Use the present Worth method in your solution.  Indicate all other assumptions you use in your analysis.Use manually solve and don't use excel.
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