XY restaurant expects to serve 80,000 meals this year. Forecasted demand for the next 5 years is 90,000 meals, followed by a 10,000-meal increase in each of the succeeding years. one alternative is to expand the capacity to 130,000 meals per year immediately with initial investment of 200,000 Other alternative is to expand to 105,000 meals now with $80,000 initial investment, then expands again at end of third year with $170,000 additional investment. Which option is better? Suppose that each meal will profit $2 and use 11% interest rate

XY restaurant expects to serve 80,000 meals this year. Forecasted demand for the next 5 years is 90,000 meals, followed by a 10,000-meal increase in each of the succeeding years. one alternative is to expand the capacity to 130,000 meals per year immediately with initial investment of 200,000 Other alternative is to expand to 105,000 meals now with $80,000 initial investment, then expands again at end of third year with $170,000 additional investment. Which option is better? Suppose that each meal will profit $2 and use 11% interest rate

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