Practice Calculation of Maintenance and Repair Costs - 5.1 | 16. Economic Life of a Machine | Construction Engineering & Management - Vol 1
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Question 1

Easy

What is the definition of economic life?

💡 Hint: Think about the timeframe concerning machine investment.

Question 2

Easy

What happens to maintenance costs as a machine ages?

💡 Hint: Consider what older machines may require.

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Question 1

What is economic life?

💡 Hint: Think about the concept of cost management over time.

Question 2

Maintenance costs increase as a machine ages. True or False?

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Link it to machine functionality over time.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Given a machine purchased at 50,00,000 with a double declining balance depreciation, calculate the depreciation expense for the first three years.

💡 Hint: Use the double declining balance formula and adjust the book value annually.

Question 2

A company experiences downtime costing 900 per hour, with an anticipated downtime of 10 hours over three months. Calculate the total downtime costs and discuss their impact on operational efficiency.

💡 Hint: Think of how these costs could accumulate if not managed properly.

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