You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. The Techron I costs $261,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $70,000 per year. The Techron II costs $455,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $43,000 per year. For both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project’s life and assume a salvage value of $47,000. If your tax rate is 35 percent and your discount rate is 9 percent, compute the EAC for both machines. (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) |
EAC | |
Techron I | $ |
Techron II | $ |
Which do you prefer? | ||||
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Annual Depreciation | |||||
Techron I | Techron II | ||||
Orginal cost | 261000 | 455000 | |||
Less: Salvavge | 47000 | 47000 | |||
Depreciable amount | 214000 | 408000 | |||
Divide: Life | 3 | 3 | |||
Annual depreciation | 71333 | 136000 | |||
Computation of EAC | |||||
Techron I | Techron II | ||||
Annual operating cost | -70,000 | -43000 | |||
Less: Tax sheild on cost @ 35% | |||||
Techron-I (70000+71333)35% | 49467 | ||||
Ttechron II (43000+136000)35% | 62650 | ||||
Net cash flows | -20533 | 19650 | |||
Annuity factor for 3 years | 2.5313 | 2.5313 | |||
Present value of cashflows | -51975.2 | 49740.05 | |||
Less: Initial investment | -261000 | -455000 | |||
Present value of cash outflows | -312975 | -405260 | |||
Divide: Annuity factor for 3 years | 2.5313 | 2.5313 | |||
EAC | -123642 | -160100 | |||
Hence, Techron-I shall be selected |
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