Questions and Answers of Fundamentals Engineering Economics

You deposit $3,000 in a savings account that earns 8% simple interest per year. How many years will it take to double your balance? If, instead, you deposit the $3,000 in another savings account that
Read the Wall Street Journal over a one‐week period and identify the business investment news using one of the categories—(1) new products or product expansion, (2) equipment and process
State the amount accumulated by each of the following present investments:(a) $6,000 in 8 years at 6% compounded annually.(b) $1,550 in 12 years at 5% compounded annually.(c) $8,000 in 32 years at 9%
If the interest rate is 10.5%, what is the two‐year discount rate?
If the interest rate is 9%, what is the present value of $500 paid in year 5?
Today you deposited $1,000 in a savings account paying 5% annual interest. How much should you have at the end of three years?
Suppose that, to cover some of your college expenses, you are obtaining a personal loan from your uncle in the amount of $25,000 (now) to be repaid in two years. If your uncle could earn 8% interest
Suppose you have the alternative of receiving either $5,000 at the end of five years or P dollars today. Currently, you have no need for the money, so you could deposit the P dollars into a bank
You are about to borrow $10,000 from a bank at an interest rate of 9% compounded annually. You are required to make five equal annual repayments in the amount of $2,570.92 per year, with the first
What is the amount of interest earned on $2,000 for five years at 6% simple interest per year?
You are considering purchasing a machine that is expected to produce the following cash flows: $60,000 in year 1, $77,000 in year 2, $65,000 in year 3, $57,000 in year 4, and $45,000 in year 5. If

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