Practice Cumulative Maintenance Costs - 5.2 | 16. Economic Life of a Machine | Construction Engineering & Management - Vol 1
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Question 1

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What is economic life?

💡 Hint: Think about when holding costs are minimized.

Question 2

Easy

Define depreciation.

💡 Hint: It's a way to measure an asset's declining worth.

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Question 1

What is the economic life of machinery?

  • Short period of highest efficiency
  • The longest time a machine can operate
  • Cost-effective operational period

💡 Hint: Focus on cost-effectiveness.

Question 2

True or False: Downtime costs decrease as the machine's age increases.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Think about how older machines perform.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

A company has machinery that was purchased for 50,00,000 with a useful life of 10 years. Calculate the depreciation for Year 1 and Year 2 using the double declining balance method.

💡 Hint: Apply the formula to find the book value each year.

Question 2

Calculate the cumulative maintenance costs if yearly repair costs are estimated to start at 1,00,000 and increase by 5% annually. Determine the cumulative cost after five years.

💡 Hint: Add each year's increasing repair cost to find the total.

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