Machine a Is Bought for $200,000 and Has a Residual

question 2

Multiple Choice

Machine A is bought for $200,000 and has a residual value of $80,000 after six years of use. The amortization is straight-line and the annual profit before depreciation generated by the machine is $30,000. What is the ARR?

• A) 2.4%
• B) 4.3%
• C) 7.1%
• D) 16.7%
• E) 17.9%

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Definitions:

GDP Deflator

A metric that assesses the prices of all new, internally produced final goods and services in an economic system, employed in the adjustment of nominal GDP to real GDP.

Real GDP

Real Gross Domestic Product (Real GDP) measures the value of all finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific period, adjusted for inflation.

GDP

The total value of all produced goods and services within a country over a particular time period is what Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures.

GDP Deflator

A measure of the level of prices of all new, domestically produced, final goods and services in an economy in a year, intended to adjust the nominal GDP to reflect changes in price levels.