Reference: 10-07
UR Company Is Considering Rebuilding and Selling Used

question 49

Multiple Choice

Reference: 10-07
UR Company is considering rebuilding and selling used alternators for automobiles. The company estimates that the net operating cash flows (sales less cash operating expenses) arising from the rebuilding and sale of the used alternators would be as follows (numbers in parentheses indicate an outflow) : $$\begin{array} { | l | l | } \hline \text { Years } 1 - 10 & \$ 90,000 \\\hline \text { Year } 11 & \$ ( 20,000 ) \\\hline \text { Year } 12 & \$ 100,000 \\\hline\end{array}$$ In addition to the above net operating cash flows, UR Company would purchase production equipment costing
$200,000 now to use in the rebuilding of the alternators. The equipment would have a 12-year life and a $15,000 salvage value. The company's discount rate is 10%.
-The Higgins Company has just purchased a piece of equipment at a cost of $120,000. This equipment will reduce operating costs by $40,000 each year for the next eight years. This equipment replaces old equipment that was sold for $8,000 cash. The new equipment has a payback period of:

• A)10.0 years.
• B)8.0 years.
• C)3.0 years.
• D)2.8 years.

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