Question: A new optical reader for scanning documents is being considered by a retail bank. The new system has a fixed cost of 30,000 per year

A new optical reader for scanning documents is being considered by a retail bank. The new system has a fixed cost of €30,000 per year and a variable cost of €2.5 per batch. The cost of the new scanner is €100,000. The bank charges €10 per batch for scanning documents and it believes that the demand for its scanning services will be 2000 batches in year 1 5000 batches in year 2, 10,000 batches in year 3 and then 12,000 batches per year from year 4 onwards. If the realistic discount rate for the bank is 6 per cent, calculate the net present value of the investment over a five-year period.

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