A car dealer presently leases a small computer with software for $5000 per year. As an alternative

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A car dealer presently leases a small computer with software for $5000 per year. As an alternative he could purchase the computer for $7000 and lease the software for $3500 per year. Any time he would decide to switch to some other computer system he could cancel the software lease and sell the computer for $500. If he purchases the computer and leases the software,
(a) What is the payback period?
(b) If he kept the computer and software for 6 years, what would be the benefit-cost ratio, based on a 10% interest rate?
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Engineering Economic Analysis

ISBN: 9780195168075

9th Edition

Authors: Donald Newnan, Ted Eschanbach, Jerome Lavelle

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