A battery manufacturing plant has been ordered to cease discharging acidic waste liquids containing mercury into the city sewer system. As a result, the firm must now adjust the pH and remove the mercury from its waste liquids. Quotations from three firms are included in the following table of costs. If the installation will last 15 years and money is worth 12%, which equipment should be purchased? Bidder Installed Cost Foxhill $70k Quicksilver $50k Almaden $90k Annual Operating Cost 5k 5k 5k Annual Income from Mercury Recovery 6.5k 2.5k 7.8k Salvage Value 10k 0 10k

A battery manufacturing plant has been ordered to cease discharging acidic waste liquids containing mercury into the city sewer system. As a result, the firm must now adjust the pH and remove the mercury from its waste liquids. Quotations from three firms are included in the following table of costs. If the installation will last 15 years and money is worth 12%, which equipment should be purchased? Bidder Installed Cost Foxhill $70k Quicksilver $50k Almaden $90k Annual Operating Cost 5k 5k 5k Annual Income from Mercury Recovery 6.5k 2.5k 7.8k Salvage Value 10k 0 10k

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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