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The dean of the School of Fine Arts is trying to decide whether to purchase a copy machine to place in the lobby of the
The dean of the School of Fine Arts is trying to decide whether to purchase a copy machine to place in the lobby of the building. The machine would add to student convenience, but the dean feels compelled to earn an 8 percent return on the investment of funds. Estimates of cash inflows from copy machines that have been placed in other university buildings indicate that the copy machine would probably produce incremental cash inflows of approximately $17,000 per year. The machine is expected to have a three-year useful life with a zero salvage value. (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)
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Use Present Value Appendix PV of $1, to determine the maximum amount of cash the dean should be willing to pay for a copy machine. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places.)
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Use Present Value Appendix PVA of $1, to determine the maximum amount of cash the dean should be willing to pay for a copy machine. (Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)
PRESENT VALUE OF $ TABLE 1 5% 696 7% 9% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 20% 1 0.961538 0.952381 0.943396 0.934579 0.925926 0.917431 0.909091 0.892857 0.877193 0.862069 0.833333 2 0.924556 0.907029 0.889996 0.873439 0.857339 0.841680 0.826446 0.797194 0.769468 0.743163 0.694444 3 0.888996 0.863838 0.839619 0.816298 0.793832 0.772183 0.751315 0.711780 0.674972 0.640658 0.578704 4 0.854804 0.822702 0.792094 0.762895 0.735030 0.708425 0.683013 0.635518 0.592080 0.552291 0.482253 5 0.821927 0.783526 0.747258 0.712986 0.680583 0.649931 0.620921 0.567427 0.519369 0.476113 0.401878 6 0.790315 0.746215 0.704961 0666342 0.630170 0.596267 0.564474 0.506631 0.455587 0.410442 0.334898 7 0.759918 0.710681 0.6650570.622750 0.583490 0.547034 0.513158 0.452349 0.399637 0.353830 0.279082 8 0.730690 0.676839 0627412 0.582009 0.540269 0.501866 0.466507 0.403883 0.350559 0.305025 0.232568 9 0.702587 0.644609 0.591898 0.543934 0.500249 0.460428 0.424098 0.360610 0.307508 0.262953 0.193807 0 0.675564 0.613913 0.558395 0.508349 0.463193 0.4224110.385543 0.321973 0.269744 0.226684 0.161506 11 0.649581 0.584679 0.526788 0.475093 0.428883 0.387533 0.350494 0.287476 0.236617 0.195417 0.134588 2 0.6245970.556837 0.496969 0.444012 0.397114 0.355535 0.318631 0.256675 0.207559 0.168463 0.112157 13 0.600574 0.530321 0.468839 0.414964 0.367698 0.326179 0.289664 0.229174 0.182069 0145227 0.093464 4 0.5774750.505068 0.442301 0.387817 0.340461 0.299246 0.263331 0.204620 0.159710 0.125195 0.077887 15 0.555265 0.481017 0.417265 0.362446 0.315242 0.274538 0.239392 0.182696 0.140096 0.107927 0.064905 16 0.533908 0.458112 0.393646 0.338735 0.291890 0.251870 0.217629 0.163122 0122892 0.093041 0.054088 17 0.513373 0.436297 0.371364 0.316574 0.270269 0.231073 0.197845 0.145644 0.107800 0.080207 0.045073 18 0.493628 0.415521 0.350344 0.295864 0.250249 0.211994 0179859 0.130040 0.094561 0.069144 0.037561 19 0.474642 0.395734 0.330513 0.276508 0.231712 0.194490 0.163508 0.116107 0.082948 0.059607 0.031301 20 0.456387 0.376889 0.311805 0.258419 0.214548 01784310.148644 0.103667 0.072762 0.051385 0.026084 PRESENT VALUE OF AN ANNUITY OF $1 TABLE 2 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 12% 14% 16% 20% 1 0.961538 0.952381 0.943396 0.934579 0.925926 0.917431 0.909091 0.892857 0.877193 0.862069 0.833333 2 1.886095 1.859410 1.833393 1808018 1.783265 1.759111 1.735537 1.690051 1.646661 1605232 1.527778 3 2.775091 2.723248 2.673012 2.624316 2.577097 2.531295 2.486852 2.401831 2.321632 2.245890 2.106481 4 3.629895 3.545951 3.465106 3.387211 3.312127 3.239720 3.169865 3.037349 2.913712 2.798181 2.588735 5 4.451822 4.329477 4.212364 4.100197 3.992710 3.889651 3.790787 3.6047763.433081 3.274294 2.990612 6 5.242137 5.075692 4.917324 4.766540 4.622880 4.485919 4.355261 4.111407 3.888668 3.684736 3.325510 7 6.002055 5.786373 5.582381 5.389289 5.206370 5.032953 4.868419 4.563757 4.288305 4.038565 3.604592 8 6.732745 6.463213 6.209794 5.971299 5.746639 5.534819 5.334926 4.967640 4.638864 4.343591 3.837160 9 7.435332 7107822 6.801692 6.515232 6.246888 5.995247 5.759024 5.328250 4.946372 4.606544 4.030967 10 8.110896 7.721735 7.360087 7023582 6.710081 6.417658 6.144567 5.650223 5.216116 4.833227 4.19247 11 8.760477 8.306414 7.886875 7.498674 38964 6.805191 6.495061 5.937699 5.452733 5.028644 4.327060 12 9.385074 8.863252 8.383844 7.942686 7.536078 7160725 6.813692 6.194374 5.660292 5.197107 4.439217 13 9.985648 9.393573 8.852683 8.357651 7.903776 7.486904 7.103356 6.423548 5.842362 5.342334 4.532681 14 10.563123 9.898641 9.294984 8.745468 8.244237 7.786150 7.366687 6.628168 6.002072 5.467529 4.610567 15 11.118387 10.379658 9.712249 9.107914 8.559479 8.060688 7606080 6.810864 6.142168 5.575456 4.675473 16 11.652296 10.837770 10.105895 9.446649 8.851369 8.312558 7823709 6.973986 6.265060 5.668497 4.729561 17 12.165669 11.274066 10.477260 9.763223 9.121638 8.543631 8.021553 7.119630 6.372859 5.748704 4.774634 18 12.659297 11.689587 10.827603 10.059087 9.371887 8.755625 8.201412 7.249670 6.467420 5.817848 4.812195 19 13.133939 12.085321 11158116 10.335595 9.603599 8.905115 8.364920 7.365777 6.550369 5.877455 4.843496 20 13.590326 12.462210 11.469921 10.594014 9.818147 9.128546 8.513564 7.469444 6.623131 5.928841 4.869580
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