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Current Attempt in Progress An independent contractor for a transportation company needs to determine whether she should upgrade the vehicle she currently owns or trade her vehicle in to lease a new vehicle. If she keeps her vehicle, she will need to invest in immediate upgrades that cost $5,000 and it will cost $1,500 per year to operate at the end of year that follows She will keep the vehicle for 4 years at the end of this period, the upgraded vehicle will have a salvage value of $4,000. Alternatively, she could trade in her vehicle to lease a new vehicle. She estimates that her current vehicle has a trade in value of $10,000 and that there will be $4.500 due at lease signing. She further estimates that it will cost $3,000 per year to lease and operate the vehicle. The Independent contractor's MARR is 12%. Compute the EUAC of both the upgrade and lease alternatives using the insider perspective, Click here to access the TVM Factor Table Calculator. $ EUAC(keep): $ EUAC(lease): a un autor $ EUAC(keep): EUAClease) Carry all interim calculations to 5 decimal places and then round your final answers to a whole number. The tolerance is 13. Which alternative would you recommend to the independent contractor? Trade in her vehicle and lease a new one Upgrade her current vehicle Either alternative is fine Hint Attempts: 0 of 1 used Sunt Awe SUN Save for Later df mptin Progress An independent contractor for a transportation company needs to determine whether she should upgrade the vehicle she currently owns or trade her vehicle in to lease a new vehicle. If she keeps her vehicle, she will need to invest in immediate upgrades that cost $5,000 and it will cost $1,500 per year to operate at the end of year that follows. She will keep the vehicle for 4 years at the end of this period, the upgraded vehicle will have a salvage value of $4,000. Alternatively, she could trade in her vehicle to lease a new vehicle. She estimates that her current vehicle has a trade-in value of $10,000 and that there will be $4.500 due at lease signing She further estimates that it will cost $3,000 per year to lease and operate the vehicle. The Independent contractor's MARR is 12K Compute the EUAC of both the upgrade and lease alternatives using the insider perspective Click here to access the TVM Factor Table Calculator