1. Your firm recently purchased a new bulldozer. The bulldozer costs $115,000, and is expected to generate net after-tax operating cash flows, including depreciation, of $60,000 per year for the 4 years that the firm is thinking about keeping it. The expected year-end abandonment values for the plant are given below. The companys cost of capital is 14 percent. What is the optimal economic life?

   CASH FLOW	ABANDONMENT VALUE
   (115,000)
   60,000	100,000
   60,000	55,000
   60,000	30,000
   60,000	8,000

   	A.	The EAA method confirms that the economic life is 4 years.
   	B.	The EAA method confirms that the economic life is 1 year.
   	C.	The EAA method confirms that the economic life is 2 years.
   	D.	The EAA method confirms that the economic life is 3 years.
   	E.	An economic life of 2 years ties with an economic life of 4 years.