4. 10.40 A European-based cattle genetics engineering research lab is planning for a major expenditure on research

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4. 10.40 A European-based cattle genetics engineering research lab is planning for a major expenditure on research equipment. The lab needs $6 million of CV dollars so it can make the acquisition 4 years from now. The inflation rate is steady at 5% per year.

(a) How many future dollars will be needed when the equipment is acquired, if purchasing power is maintained?

(b) What is the required amount of the annual deposit into a fund that earns the market rate of 10% per year to ensure that the amount calculated in part

(a) is accumulated?

(b) Write a singlecell function that immediately displays the correct annual deposit required.

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Basics Of Engineering Economy

ISBN: 9781259683312

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Authors: Leland T. Blank, Anthony Tarquin

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