The Athlete’s Shop owner evaluated two proposals for exercise equipment. A present worth analysis at i = 15% resulted in PWA = $340,000 and PWB = $290,000. Independently, the lead trainer assigned a relative importance score from 0 to 100 to three noneconomic attributes, plus the economic attribute. Attribute                 Trainer’s ScoreEconomics                          80Durability                            35Flexibility                            30Maintainability                   50 Separately, you have used the four attributes to value rate the proposals on a scale of 0 to 1.0 as shown in the following table.                                                           Value Ratings             Attribute                                 Proposal A          Proposal BEconomics                                     1.00                      0.90Durability                                       0.35                      1.00Flexibility                                       1.00                       0.90Maintainability                               0.25                      1.00 Select the better proposal using (a) present worth, and (b) the weighted attribute method.

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The Athlete’s Shop owner evaluated two proposals for exercise equipment. A present worth analysis at i = 15% resulted in PWA = $340,000 and PWB = $290,000. Independently, the lead trainer assigned a relative importance score from 0 to 100 to three noneconomic attributes, plus the economic attribute.

Attribute                 Trainer’s Score
Economics                          80
Durability                            35
Flexibility                            30
Maintainability                   50

Separately, you have used the four attributes to value rate the proposals on a scale of 0 to 1.0 as shown in the following table.

                                                          Value Ratings             
Attribute                                 Proposal A          Proposal B
Economics                                     1.00                      0.90
Durability                                       0.35                      1.00
Flexibility                                       1.00                       0.90
Maintainability                               0.25                      1.00

Select the better proposal using (a) present worth, and (b) the weighted attribute method.

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