Practice - Estimating Equivalent Uniform Annual Cost
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Practice Questions
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What is the Capital Recovery Factor used for?
💡 Hint: Think about loan repayments and recovery of investments.
Define Equivalent Uniform Annual Cost.
💡 Hint: Consider annual costs versus total costs.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary purpose of the Capital Recovery Factor?
💡 Hint: Focus on financial repayments associated with loans.
True or False: Ownership costs include depreciation, taxes, and loan repayments.
💡 Hint: Consider what costs are tied to owning a piece of equipment.
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Challenge Problems
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A construction company buys a bulldozer for 500,000, expecting to sell it for 50,000 after 10 years. If the interest rate is 8%, calculate the annualized cost of the bulldozer.
💡 Hint: First, calculate the capital recovery factor before plugging values into the annual cost formula.
An equipment has an initial cost of 1,200,000 with 2% yearly increase in operating costs over 15 years. Calculate the total operating cost over its lifetime.
💡 Hint: Consider the compounding factors while calculating each year separately.
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