A new furnace for your small factory will cost $34000 and a year to install will require ongoing maintenance expenditures of $2200 a year. but it is far more fuel-efficient than your old furnace and will reduce your consumption of heating oil by 3100 gallons per year. Heating oil this year will cost $3 a gallon; the price per gallon is expected to increase by $0.50 a year for the next 3 years and then to stabilized for the foreseeable future. the furnace will last for 20 years, at which point it will need to be replaced and will have no salvage value. the discount rate is 12%. 1. what is the net present value of the investment in the furnace? 2. What is the IRR? 3.What is the payback period?
A new furnace for your small
1. what is the
2. What is the
3.What is the payback period?
4. What is the equivalent annual cost of the furnace?
5. What is the equivalent annual savings derived from the furnace?
6. Compare the PV of the difference between the equivalent annual cost and saving to your answer to part a. are the two measures the same or is one large?
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