The State of Glottamora has $100 million remaining in the budget for the current

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The State of Glottamora has $100 million remaining in the budget for the current year.
One alternative is to give Glottamorans a one-time tax rebate. Alternatively, two proposals have been made for state expenditures of these funds.

The first proposal project is to invest in a new power plant, costing $100 million and have an expected useful life of 20 years. Projected benefits accruing from this project are as follows:

years

Benefits per year

($ millions)

1-5

$0

6-20

20

The second alternative is to undertake a job retraining program, also costing $100 million and generating the following benefits:

years

Benefits per year

($ millions)

1-5

$20

6-10

14

11-20

4

The state Power Department argues that a 5 percent discount factor should be used in evaluating the projects, because that is the government

years

Benefits per year

($ millions)

1-5

$0

6-20

20

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