Basics Of Engineering Economy
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780073376356
Author: Leland Blank, Anthony Tarquin
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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MARR
Useful life
Initial investment
Receipts - Expenses (R-E)
10% per year
14 years
$6,500
$1,100/year
Click the icon to view the relationship between the PW and the percent change in parameter.
Click the icon to view the interest and annuity table for discrete compounding when the MARR is 10% per year.
(a) Determine whether the statement "An initial investment of $7,150 keeps the investment economical." is true or false.
False
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(b) To which variable is the PW most sensitive to?
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B. Initial Investment
C. Usefule life
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