Extended Learning Exercise The additional investment in a new computer system is a certain $300,000. It is

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Extended Learning Exercise The additional investment in a new computer system is a certain $300,000. It is likely to save an average of $100,000 per year compared to the old, outdated system. Because of uncertainty, this estimate is expected to be normally distributed, with a standard deviation of $7,000. The market value of the system at any time is its scrap value, which is $20,000 with a standard deviation of $3,000. MARR on such investments is 15% per year.
What is the smallest value of N (the life of the system) that can exist such that the probability of getting a 15% internal rate of return or greater is 0.90? Ignore the effects of income taxes. Also note that market value is independent of N.
Internal Rate of Return
Internal Rate of Return of IRR is a capital budgeting tool that is used to assess the viability of an investment opportunity. IRR is the true rate of return that a project is capable of generating. It is a metric that tells you about the investment...
MARR
Minimum Acceptable Rate of Return (MARR), or hurdle rate is the minimum rate of return on a project a manager or company is willing to accept before starting a project, given its risk and the opportunity cost of forgoing other...
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Engineering Economy

ISBN: 978-0132554909

15th edition

Authors: William G. Sullivan, Elin M. Wicks, C. Patrick Koelling

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