- Hospitality Management Accounting 8 Assume that you invest $40,000 for purchasing a kitchen equipment, which has 8 years lifetime and $2,000 residual value. If your investment decreases your annual cost by $8,000 during the lifetime of equipment, how much will the NPV of your investment be? your expected rate of return is 12%. Please: Do not put s sign No Comma in your answer Round your answer to a whole number (no decimal)