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3 January, 11:43

Projects with different lives: You are trying to choose between purchasing one of two machines for a factory. Machine A costs $15,000 to purchase and has a three-year life. Machine B costs $17,700 to purchase but has a four year life. Regardless of which machine you purchase, it will have to be replaced at the end of its operating life. Which machine should you choose? Assume a marginal tax rate of 35percent and a discount rate of 15percent

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  1. 3 January, 12:50
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    Machine B

    Explanation:

    In this question we have to find out the equivalent annual cost which is shown below:

    Equivalent annual cost = (Interest Rate * Net present value) : {1 - (1 + interest rate) ^-number of years}

    For Machine A, it would be

    = (15% * - $15,000) : {1 - (1 + 0.15) ^-3}

    = ($2,250) : (1 - 0.6575162324)

    = ($2,250) : (0.3424837676)

    = - $6,569.65

    For Machine B, it would be

    = (15% * - $17,700) : {1 - (1 + 0.15) ^-4}

    = ($2,655) : (1 - 0.5717532456)

    = ($2,655) : (0.4282467544)

    = - $6,199.70

    As we can see that the equivalent annual cost has less in Machine B so it would be choose
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