Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms
Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms
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ISBN: 9780357907818
Author: WINSTON
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 4.17, Problem 7P

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Consider the cash flows in a small toy store, Toyco projects. In the below table, cash flow in each month is given.

MonthCash flow
January-12
February-10
March-8
April-10
May-4
June5
July-7
August-2
September15
October12
November-7
December45

The money has to be borrowed to pay the bills. The Toyco has the following options,

Option a:

  • Toyco takes a long term loan for one year at interest rate of 1%.
  • The cash flow is negative from January to May. That is a total of $44 thousand required for these months.
  • The cash flow is positive for the month of June. So, no money required in June.
  • A $7 thousand will be required for the month of July. However, $5thousand is already in hand from previous month. So, loan amount is $2 thousand.
  • For the month of August, loan amount is $2 thousand. So for the subsequent months, no loan will be required.
  • Therefore, total one-time loan amount is $48 thousand.

Option b:

  • Toyco takes short term loan at monthly interest rate of 1.5%. Loan is taken such that only that month’s requirements are met.

Follow the steps to find the solution,

Step 1:

Enter the required data in Excel worksheet. In excel worksheet, create columns of Month, Cash Flow, Loan Amount, and Balance Loan amount is initially set to 0. Enter the formula =B2+C2 in balance column

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