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The management of Melchiori Corporation is considering the purchase of a machine

ID: 2490106 • Letter: T

Question

The management of Melchiori Corporation is considering the purchase of a machine that would cost $480,000, would last for 6 years, and would have no salvage value. The machine would reduce labor and other costs by $128,000 per year. The company requires a minimum pretax return of 7% on all investment projects. (Ignore income taxes.)

The present value of the annual cost savings of $128,000 is closest to: (Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

$610,176

$768,000

$187,448

$1,283,462

The management of Melchiori Corporation is considering the purchase of a machine that would cost $480,000, would last for 6 years, and would have no salvage value. The machine would reduce labor and other costs by $128,000 per year. The company requires a minimum pretax return of 7% on all investment projects. (Ignore income taxes.)

Explanation / Answer

Solution :-

The present value of the annual cost savings of $128,000 is closest to: $610176

PVF at 7% for 6 years is 4.767

now PV = PVF x 128000

PV = 4.767 x 128000

PV = 610176