Your company is planning to add a piece of equipment with 7 years of expected life for its production line. There will be no salvage value at the end of its life. The company has set its MARR to 11%. Your manager asks you to use incremental analysis to evaluate the alternatives and let him know which one of them should be chosen. Below is the data provided to you with the investment cost, annual income and IRR for each of the five alternatives.     A B C D E Capital investment $14,000 $16,000 $16,500 $17,200 $20,000 Net annual income $3,000 $3,500 $3,700 $3,750 $4,300 IRR 11.30% 11.95% 12.73% 11.84% 11.41%

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Production Budget

A budget can be defined as a financial plan designed by an undertaking for a definite period in the future that can contribute towards enhancing the financial success of the business undertaking. It is used to estimate the revenue and expenses. The budget generally takes into account both current and future income and expenses.