Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861704
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10, Problem 27QP
Break-Even Replacement [LO2] The previous two problems suggest that using CFLs is a good idea from a purely financial perspective unless you live in an area where power is relatively inexpensive, but there is another wrinkle. Suppose you have a residence with a lot of incandescent bulbs that are used on average 500 hours a year. The average bulb will be about halfway through its life, so it will have 500 hours remaining (and you can’t tell which bulbs are older or newer). At what cost per kilowatt-hour docs it make sense to replace your incandescent bulbs today?
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Light emitting diodes (LED) light bulbs have become required in recent years, but do
they make financial sense? Suppose a typical 60-watt incandescent light bulb costs $.48
and lasts 1,000 hours. A 15-watt LED, which provides the same light, costs $3.55 and
lasts for 12,000 hours. A kilowatt-hour of electricity costs $.124. A kilowatt-hour is 1,000
watts for 1 hour. If you require a return of 10 percent and use a light fixture 500 hours per
year, what is the equivalent annual cost of each light bulb? (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.)
60-watt incandescent light bulb
LED light bulb
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6.18
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