Your company is considering delivering their own products instead of relying on 3rd party logistics companies to make deliveries for them. If they invest in a fleet of trucks, they estimate that the initial investment for the vehicles will be $200,000. Annual maintenance and gas costs will be approximately $12,000, annual revenues will be $60,000, and the vehicles will be worth a total of about $20,000 at the end of their life. If you expect the vehicles to last for about 10 years and the company has a MARR of ? 15%, what is the present worth of the project?

Your company is considering delivering their own products instead of relying on 3rd party logistics companies to make deliveries for them. If they invest in a fleet of trucks, they estimate that the initial investment for the vehicles will be $200,000. Annual maintenance and gas costs will be approximately $12,000, annual revenues will be $60,000, and the vehicles will be worth a total of about $20,000 at the end of their life. If you expect the vehicles to last for about 10 years and the company has a MARR of ? 15%, what is the present worth of the project?

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Chapter11: Capital Budgeting Decisions

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