Engineering Economy, Student Value Edition (17th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134838137
Author: William G. Sullivan, Elin M. Wicks, C. Patrick Koelling
Publisher: PEARSON
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2. The cash flows from a contemplated project are assumed to have a Beta distribution with
following estimated values:
EOY
0
Pessimistic, Yp
S-14,000
1
0
2
5,000
3
8,000
Most likely
$-12,000
2,000
8,000
12,000
Optimistic, Yo
$-10,000
4,000
11,000
16,000
(a) Calculate the means and standard deviations of the cash flow for each year.
(b) Assume MARR-15%, find the the mean and standard deviation of the net present
value. (Assume the cash flows are completely independent.)
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