Replacement decisions Hayden Inc. has a number of copiers that were bought four years ago for $20,000. Currently maintenance costs $2,000 a year, but the maintenance agreement expires at the end of two years and thereafter the annual maintenance charge will rise to $8,000. The machines have a current resale value of $8,000, but at the end of year 2 their value will have fallen to $3,500. By the end of year 6 the machines will be valueless and would be scrapped.
Hayden is considering replacing the copiers with new machines that would do essentially the same job. These machines cost $25,000, and the company can take out an eight-year maintenance contract for $1,000 a year. The machines will have no value by the end of the eight years and will be scrapped.
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- The Georgia Ceramic Company has anautomatic glaze sprayer that has been used for thepast 10 years. The sprayer can be used for another10 years and will have a zero salvage value at thattime. The annual operating and maintenance costsfor the sprayer amount to $15,000 per year. Due toan increase in business, a new sprayer must be purchased. Georgia Ceramic is faced with two options.• Option 1: If the old sprayer is retained, a newsmaller capacity sprayer will be purchased at a costof $48,000, and it will have a $5,000 salvage valuein 10 years. This new sprayer will have annualoperating and maintenance costs of $12,000. Theold sprayer has a current market value of $6,000.• Option 2: If the old sprayer is sold, a newsprayer of larger capacity will be purchased for$84,000. This sprayer will have a $9,000 salvagevalue in 10 years and will have annual operatingand maintenance costs of $24,000.Which option should be selected at MARR = 15%?arrow_forwardGriffin Dewatering purchases a wellpoint pump connected to a skid-mounted diesel engine for $14,000. Its market value for salvage purposes decreases 30% each year. When installed on a construction job, a wellpoint system operates virtually 24/7, and operating and maintenance costs will be $3,500 the first year, increasing $600 each year thereafter. What is the optimum replacement interval if MARR is 15%?arrow_forwardNonearrow_forward
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