15 A plant engineer wishes to know which of two types of lightbulbs should be used to light a warehouse. The bulbs that are currently used cost $43.00 per bulb and last 14,800 hours before burning out. The new bulb (at $82.9 per bulb) provides thesame amount of light and consumes the same amount of energy, but it lasts twice as long. The labor cost to change a bulb is $17.00. The lights are on 19 hours a day, 365 days a year. (Assume that the firm's marginal tax rate is 25%.) If the firm'sMARR is 18%, what is the maximum price (per bulb) the engineer should be willing to pay to switch to the new bulb? Round the service life of the old bulb to the nearest whole number.Click the icon to view the interest factors for discrete compounding when i = 18% per year.COOThe maximum price per new bulb the engineer should be willing to pay is S. (Round to one decimal place.)More InfoSingle PaymentEqual Payment SeriesCompoundAmountFactor(F/A, i, N)SinkingFundFactorPresentWorthFactorCapitalRecoveryFactor(A/P, i, N)(A/F, i, N)(P/A, i, N)1.00001.00000.84751.18002.18000.45871.56580.63873.57240.27992.17430.45995.21540.19172.89010.37177.15420.13983.12720.31989.44200.10593.49780.285912.14150.08243.81150.262415.32700.06524.07760.245219.08590.05244.30300.232423.52130.04254.49410.2225N12345678910CompoundAmountFactor(F/P, i, N)1.18001.39241.64301.93882.28782.69963.18553.75894.43555.2338PresentWorthFactor(P/F, i, N)0.84750.71820.60860.51580.43710.37040.31390.26800.22550.1911X

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A plant engineer wishes to know which of two types of lightbulbs should be used to light a warehouse. The bulbs that are currently used cost $43.00 per bulb and last 14,800 hours before burning out. The new bulb (at $82.9 per bulb) provides the same amount of light and consumes the same amount of energy, but it lasts twice as long. The labor cost to change a bulb is $17.00. The lights are on 19 hours a day, 365 days a year. (Assume that the firm's marginal tax rate is 25%) If the firm's MARR is 18%, what is the maximum price (per bulb) the engineer should be willing to pay to switch to the new bulb? Round the service life of the old bulb to the nearest whole number. Click the icon to view the interest factors for discrete compounding when i=18% per year. The maximum price per new bulb the engineer should be willing to pay is $- (Round to one decimal place.) X More Info Single Payment Equal Payment Series Present Compound Amount Factor Sinking Fund Factor Worth Factor Capital Recovery Factor (A/P, i, N) (F/A, i, N) (A/F, i, N) (P/A, i, N) 1.0000 1.0000 0.8475 1.1800 2.1800 0.4587 1.5658 0.6387 212 N 2 Compound Amount Factor (FP, i, N) 1.1800 1.3924 Present Worth Factor (P/F, i, N) 0.8475 0.7182

A plant engineer wishes to know which of two types of lightbulbs should be used to light a warehouse. The bulbs that are currently used cost $43.00 per bulb and last 14,800 hours before burning out. The new bulb (at $82.9 per bulb) provides the same amount of light and consumes the same amount of energy, but it lasts twice as long. The labor cost to change a bulb is $17.00. The lights are on 19 hours a day, 365 days a year. (Assume that the firm's marginal tax rate is 25%) If the firm's MARR is 18%, what is the maximum price (per bulb) the engineer should be willing to pay to switch to the new bulb? Round the service life of the old bulb to the nearest whole number. Click the icon to view the interest factors for discrete compounding when i=18% per year. The maximum price per new bulb the engineer should be willing to pay is $- (Round to one decimal place.) X More Info Single Payment Equal Payment Series Present Compound Amount Factor Sinking Fund Factor Worth Factor Capital Recovery Factor (A/P, i, N) (F/A, i, N) (A/F, i, N) (P/A, i, N) 1.0000 1.0000 0.8475 1.1800 2.1800 0.4587 1.5658 0.6387 212 N 2 Compound Amount Factor (FP, i, N) 1.1800 1.3924 Present Worth Factor (P/F, i, N) 0.8475 0.7182

Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)

14th Edition

ISBN:9781305506381

Author:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Publisher:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Chapter8: Cost Analysis

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