The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration raised the average fuel efficiency standard to 35.5 miles per gallon

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration raised the average fuel efficiency standard to 35.5 miles per gallon (mpg) for cars and light trucks by the year 2016. The rules will cost consumers an average of $926 extra per vehicle in the 2016 model year. Assume a person purchases a new car in 2016 that gets 35.5 mpg and keeps it for 5 years. If the person drives an average of 1000 miles per month and gets an extra 10 miles per gallon of gasoline, how much will the gasoline have to cost in order for the buyer to recover the extra investment in 5 years at an interest rate of 0.75% per month?


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Engineering economy

ISBN: 978-0073376301

7th Edition

Authors: Leland Blank, Anthony Tarquin

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