Urban infrastructures that support a community are sometimes in the news; we seldom think about them except when there is a disruption of service. A small city has just replaced a water storage tank and associated feeders from it throughout the community. It is estimated that the annual service requirements will be $40,000 the first year, with $10,000 increases in each subsequent year for 8 years. The community's time value of money is 4%. Determine the future worth of these maintenance expenses at the end of year 8.

A small hydro dam supplying electricity to 10,000 households has just been constructed that has cost $30,000,000 to build with a life expectancy of 60 years. Annual maintenance costs are $500,000 and extensive renovations of $5, 000, 000 are expected every 15 years. If the interest rate is 7 %/year, how much will each household be charged per year so that the costs of the project are recovered?

MaxiCare Corporation, a not-for-profit organization, specializes in health care for senior citizens. Management is considering whether to expand operations by opening a new chain of care centers in the inner city of large metropolitan areas. For a new facility, initial cash outlays for lease, renovations, net working capital, training, and other costs are expected to be about $18 million. The corporation expects the cash inflows of each new facility in Year 1 to equal zero. Net cash inflows are expected to increase to $5.5 million in each of years 2 and 3; $2.5 million in year 4; and $3.0 million in each of years 5 through 10. The lease agreement for the facility will expire at the end of year 10, and MaxiCare expects the cost to close a facility will pretty much exhaust all cash proceeds from the disposal. Cost of capital for MaxiCare is estimated as 12%. Assume that all cash flows occur at year end. Required: 1. Compute (using the built-in NPV function in Excel) the net present value…

MaxiCare Corporation, a not-for-profit organization, specializes in health care for senior citizens. Management is considering whether to expand operations by opening a new chain of care centers in the inner city of large metropolitan areas. For a new facility, initial cash outlays for lease, renovations, net working capital, training, and other costs are expected to be about $15 million. The corporation expects the cash inflows of each new facility in Year 1 to equal zero. Net cash inflows are expected to increase to $1 million in each of years 2 and 3; $2.5 million in year 4; and $3 million in each of years 5 through 10. The lease agreement for the facility will expire at the end of year 10, and MaxiCare expects the cost to close a facility will pretty much exhaust all cash proceeds from the disposal. Cost of capital for MaxiCare is estimated as 12%. Assume that all cash flows occur at year end. Required: 1. Compute (using the built-in NPV function in Excel) the net present value…