Suppose that you have just completed the mechanical design of a high-speed automated palletizer that has an investment cost of $3,000,000. The existing palletizer is quite old and has no salvage value. The market value for the new palletizer is estimated to be $300,000 after seven years. One million pallets will be handled by the palletizer each year during the seven-year expected project life. What net savings per pallet (i.e., total savings less expenses) will have to be generated by the palletizer to justify this purchase in view of a MARR of 20% per year?

You have just been offered a contract worth $1.14 million per year for 6 years. However, to take the contract, you will need to purchase some new equipment. Your discount rate for this project is 11.6%. You are still negotiating the purchase price of the equipment. What is the most you can pay for the equipment and still have a positive NPV? The most you can pay for the equipment and achieve the 11.6% annual return is $______ Million. (Round to two decimal places)

Crow Corporation, a company that specializes in precision metal fabrication, is conducting a study to determine if it should update equipment now or later. If the cost 2 years from now is estimated to be $260,000, how much can the company afford to spend now if its minimum attractive rate of return is 12% per year compounded monthly?

Please use a financial calculator to solve. Be sure to list your steps. You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. The Techron I costs $237,000, has a three - year life, and has pretax operating costs of $62, 000 per year. The Techron II costs $415, 000, has a five - year life, and has pretax operating costs of $35, 000 per year. For both milling machines, use straight - line depreciation to zero over the project's life and assume a salvage value of $ 39,000. If your tax rate is 21 percent and your discount rate is 8 percent, compute the EAC for both machines. (Your answer should be a negative value and indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g ., 32.16.)