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White Oaks Properties builds strip shopping centers and small malls. The company

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Question

White Oaks Properties builds strip shopping centers and small malls. The company plans to replace its refrigeration, cooking, and HVAC equipment with newer models in one entire center built 10 years ago. 10 years ago, the original purchase price of the equipment was $725,000 and the operating cost has averaged $250,000 per year. Determine the equivalent annual cost of the equipment if the company can now sell it for $224,000. The company’s MARR is 22% per year.

The equivalent annual cost of the equipment is determined to be $  .

Explanation / Answer

Year Cash flows PVf @ 22% Present value 0 -725000 1 -725000 1 -250000 0.819672 -204918 2 -250000 0.671862 -167966 3 -250000 0.550707 -137677 4 -250000 0.451399 -112850 5 -250000 0.369999 -92499.8 6 -250000 0.303278 -75819.5 7 -250000 0.248589 -62147.1 8 -250000 0.203761 -50940.3 9 -250000 0.167017 -41754.3 10 -26000 0.136899 -3559.39 Present worth -1675131 Divide: Annuity factor 3.9232 Equivalent Annual cost -426981