A capital asset has first cost of $10,000 and it depreciates at 10% rate annually. Operating costs over next four years are given below Year Operating costs, $/year 1 1,200 2 2,200 3 3,800 2,200 Operating costs are expressed in actual dollars. Calculate EAC (Operating) if real interest rate is 10% and annual inflation is 2%. (Note: Don't use the $ sign in your answer and round it to 2 decimal places)
A capital asset has first cost of $10,000 and it depreciates at 10% rate annually. Operating costs over next four years are given below Year Operating costs, $/year 1 1,200 2 2,200 3 3,800 2,200 Operating costs are expressed in actual dollars. Calculate EAC (Operating) if real interest rate is 10% and annual inflation is 2%. (Note: Don't use the $ sign in your answer and round it to 2 decimal places)
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![A capital asset has first cost of $10,000 and it depreciates at 10% rate annually.
Operating costs over next four years are given below
Year Operating costs, $/year
1.
1,200
2
2,200
3
3,800
2,200
Operating costs are expressed in actual dollars. Calculate EAC (Operating) if real
interest rate is 10% and annual inflation is 2%.
(Note: Don't use the $ sign in your answer and round it to 2 decimal places)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fdc66fd76-d19f-4941-a475-2a919de02f13%2Fdff1e3ba-702b-4629-8833-aa455f7bc659%2Fk2r5ji_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A capital asset has first cost of $10,000 and it depreciates at 10% rate annually.
Operating costs over next four years are given below
Year Operating costs, $/year
1.
1,200
2
2,200
3
3,800
2,200
Operating costs are expressed in actual dollars. Calculate EAC (Operating) if real
interest rate is 10% and annual inflation is 2%.
(Note: Don't use the $ sign in your answer and round it to 2 decimal places)
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