Two 100-horsepower motors are under consideration by the Mighty Machinery Company. Motor Q costs $5,000 and operates at 90% efficiency. Motor R costs $3,500 and is 88% efficient. Annual operating and maintenance costs are estimated to be 15% of the initial purchase price. Power costs 3.2¢/ kilowatt-hour. How many hours of full-load operation are necessary each year in order to justify the purchase of motor Q? Use a 15-year planning horizon; assume that salvage values will equal 20% of the initial purchase price; and let the MARR be 15%. (Note: 0.746 kilowatts = 1 horsepower.)

Esquire Company needs to acquire a molding machine to be used in its manufacturing process. Two types of machines that would be appropriate are presently on the market. The company has determined the following: Machine A could be purchased for $22,000. It will last 10 years with annual maintenance costs of $800 per year. After 10 years the machine can be sold for $2,310. Machine B could be purchased for $20,000. It also will last 10 years and will require maintenance costs of $3,200 in year three, $4,000 in year six, and $4,800 in year eight. After 10 years, the machine will have no salvage value. Required: Assume an interest rate of 8% properly reflects the time value of money in this situation and that maintenance costs are paid at the end of each year. Ignore income tax considerations. Calculate the present value of Machine A & Machine B. Which machine Esquire should purchase? Note: Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round…

Beryl's Iced Tea currently rents a bottling machine for $51,000 per year, including all maintenance expenses. It is considering purchasing a machine instead, and is comparing two options: a. Purchase the machine it is currently renting for $150,000. This machine will require $23,000 per year in ongoing maintenance expenses. b. Purchase a new, more advanced machine for $260,000. This machine will require $15,000 per year in ongoing maintenance expenses and will lower bottling costs by $11,000 per year. Also, $35,000 will be spent upfront training the new operators of the machine. Suppose the appropriate discount rate is 7% per year and the machine is purchased today. Maintenance and bottling costs are paid at the end of each year, as is the rental of the machine. Assume also that the machines will be depreciated via the straight-line method over seven years and that they have a 10-year life with a negligible salvage value. The corporate tax rate is 30%. Should Beryl's Iced Tea continue…

A company is considering replacing a machine used in the manufacturing process with a new, more efficient model. The purchase price of the new machine is $150,000 and the old machine can be sold for $100,000. Output for the two machines is identical; they will both be used to produce the same amount of product for five years. However, the annual operating costs of the old machine are $18,000 compared to $10,000 for the new machine. Also, the new machine has a salvage value of $25,000, but the old machine will be worthless at the end of the five years. You are deciding whether the company should sell the old machine and purchase the new model. You have determined that an 8% rate properly reflects the time value of money in this situation and that all operating costs are paid at the end of the year. For this initial comparison you ignore the effect of the decision on income taxes. Required: What is the incremental cash outflow required to acquire the new machine? What is the present…

Gardner Denver Company is considering the purchase of a new piece of factory equipment that will cost $360,500 and will generate $100,000 per year for 5 years. Calculate the IRR for this piece of equipment. (Click here to see present value and future value tables) fill in the blank 1%

Cullumber Lumber, Inc; is considering purchasing a new wood saw that costs $65000. The saw will generate revenues of $100,000 per year for five years. The cost of materials and labor needed to generate these revenues will total $60,000 per year, and other cash expenses will be $10,000 per year. The machine is expected to sell for $4500 at the end of its five-year life and will be depreciated on a straight-line basis over five years to zero. Cullumber’s tax rate is 26 percent, and it’s opportunity cost of capital is 13.10 percent. What is the project’s NPV?

Milling, Inc. is considering a new milling machine. The machine costs $125,000. They can received a $15,000 trade in allowance for the old milling machine. The new machine can be used to generate $35,500 in annual revenue. Cash operation expenses are estimated to be $14,500 per year. The machine has a useful life of 15 years and annual depreciation expense would be $9,500. The machine would require a $5,100 maintenance in year 7. The machine has an approximate salvage value of $12,300 at the end of its useful life. The company has a 10% minimum rate of return. The net present value of this investment is? $63,112.75 $35,978.80 $55,820.11 $50,049.40

White Bakery plans to produce 15,000 cakes per year. The company is considering purchasing new cake decorating equipment. The new equipment would cost $30,000. This equipment qualifies for the use of MACRS (3-year asset class) and would be sold at the end of 3 years for an estimated $6,000. The company estimates that with the new equipment revenues will be $2.60 per cake and variable expenses will be $2 per cake. All revenues and expenses are paid in cash. The company does not have any fixed expenses. A 10% rate of return is required on all investments (cost of capital is 10%). White expects its tax rate to be 30%. What is an accounting rate of return on original investment (ignoring taxes; e.g., assume that the tax rate is zero)? What is a payback period on this investment (ignoring taxes; e.g., assume that the tax rate is zero)?

RealTurf is considering purchasing an automatic sprinkler system for its sod farm by borrowing the entire $30,000 purchase price. The loan would be repaid with four equal annual payments at an interest rate of 12%/year. It is anticipated that the sprinkler system would be used for 9 years and then sold for a salvage value of $2,000. Annual operating and maintenance expenses for the system over the 9-year life are estimated to be $9,000 per year. If the new system is purchased, cost savings of $15,000 per year will be realized over the present manual watering system. RealTurf uses a MARR of 15%/year for economic decision making. Based on a present worth analysis, is the purchase of the new sprinkler system economically attractive?

Beryl's Iced Tea currently rents a bottling machine for $55,000 per year, including all maintenance expenses. It is considering purchasing a machine instead, and is comparing two options: a. Purchase the machine it is currently renting for $160,000. This machine will require $23,000 per year in ongoing maintenance expenses. b. Purchase a new, more advanced machine for $250,000. This machine will require $15,000 per year in ongoing maintenance expenses and will lower bottling costs by $12,000 per year. Also, $39,000 will be spent upfront training the new operators of the machine. Suppose the appropriate discount rate is 8% per year and the machine is purchased today. Maintenance and bottling costs are paid at the end of each year, as is the rental of the machine. Assume also that the machines will be depreciated via the straight-line method over seven years and that they have a ten-year life with a negligible salvage value. The corporate tax rate is 20%. Should Beryl's Iced Tea continue…