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NAME: _______________________________________ SCORE: ________________

COURSE/YEAR: _______________________________ DATE: _________________

EXERCISE 6

Analyze and solve the following problems.

1. The maintenance on a machine is expected to be Php15,500 at the end of


the first year and it is expected to increase by Php3,500 each year for the
following 7 years. What sum of money should be set aside now to pay the
maintenance for the eight year period? Assume 6% interest.
 SOLUTION:

2. A firm considering the installation of an automatic data processing unit to


handle some of its accounting operations. Machines for that purpose may
be purchased for Php200,000 or maybe leased for Php80,000 for the first
year and Php10,000 less every year now and then until the end of the 4th
year. If money is worth 15%, is it advisable to rent or buy the machine?

 SOLUTION:
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NAME: _______________________________________ SCORE: ________________

COURSE/YEAR: _______________________________ DATE: _________________

3. An electronic device is available that will reduce this year’s labor costs by
Php10,000. The equipment is expected to last for eight years. If labor costs
increase at an average rate of 7% per year and the interest rate is 12% per
year.
a. What is the maximum amount that we could justify spending for the
device?
b. What is the uniform annual equivalent value of labor costs over the
eight-year period?

 SOLUTION:

4. A small company heats its building and spends Php80,000 per year on
natural gas for this purpose. Cost increases of natural gas for this purpose.
Cost increases of natural gas are expected to be 10% per year starting one
year from now. Their maintenance on the gas furnace is Php3,450 per year,
and this expense is expected to increase by 15% per year starting one year
from now. If the planning horizon is 15 years, what is the total annual
equivalent expense for operating and maintaining the furnace? The interest
rate is 18% per year.

 SOLUTION:

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