(Table: Taxi Fleet) Metro Cab Is Considering Replacement of Its

question 104

Multiple Choice

(Table: Taxi Fleet) Metro Cab is considering replacement of its fleet of old taxicabs. To replace its fleet, Metro must spend $150,000 on new taxicabs. The new taxis will incur $5,000 of maintenance expenses per year. Alternatively, Metro could spend $20,000 today to refurbish its taxicabs and incur an additional $20,000 per year of maintenance expenses for the next three years. Metro would then have to buy new taxicabs for $150,000 at the end of three years, leading to lower maintenance expenses of $5,000 per year. Using an interest rate of 20%, the net present value of the first three years is $____.

• A) 65,000
• B) 32,000
• C) 20,000
• D) -34,509

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