Edge, Inc, is considering the purchase of new test equipment. The equipment will
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Question
Edge, Inc, is considering the purchase of new test equipment. The equipment will cost $500,000 and is ast for 8 years and the support engineer has the following information concerning the savings and expected to l sa Ivage value estimates and project probabili ties. Determine the NPW if MARR is 6%. P-0.05 P0.20 P0.25 P-0.50 Saving per year $105,000 65,000 $90,000 $82,000 Salvage Value 75,000 40,000 65,000 55,000 Explain in detail your setup, Formula, Calculation. and recommendationExplanation / Answer
Year 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NPW Initial cost (D) -5,00,000 Salvage ( E ) 55,500 Annual Saving(F) 81,750 81,750 81,750 81,750 81,750 81,750 81,750 81,750 FCF( G= (D+E+F)) -5,00,000 81,750 81,750 81,750 81,750 81,750 81,750 81,750 1,37,250 Disc. Fact(H)=1/(1+.06)^n 1 0.9434 0.8900 0.8396 0.7921 0.7473 0.7050 0.6651 0.6274 Disc FCF (G*H) -5,00,000 77,123 72,757 68,639 64,754 61,088 57,631 54,368 86,112 42,472 Since NPW >0, so project is acceptable Working Note: A B A*B C A*C Prob. Saving Expected Salvage Expected 0.05 1,05,000 5,250 75,000 3,750 0.20 65,000 13,000 40,000 8,000 0.25 90,000 22,500 65,000 16,250 0.50 82,000 41,000 55,000 27,500 Expected saving 81,750 55,500