Dominik Corporation Purchased a Machine 5 Years Ago for $527,000

question 223

Multiple Choice

Dominik Corporation purchased a machine 5 years ago for $527,000 when it launched product M08Y. Unfortunately, this machine has broken down and cannot be repaired. The machine could be replaced by a new model 310 machine costing $545,000 or by a new model 240 machine costing $450,000. Management has decided to buy the model 240 machine. It has less capacity than the model 310 machine, but its capacity is sufficient to continue making product M08Y. Management also considered, but rejected, the alternative of dropping product M08Y and not replacing the old machine. If that were done, the $450,000 invested in the new machine could instead have been invested in a project that would have returned a total of $532,000.
-In making the decision to invest in the model 220 machine,the opportunity cost was:

• A) $348,000
• B) $340,000
• C) $360,000
• D) $411,000

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Definitions:

Uniform Probability Distribution

A distribution in which all outcomes are equally likely to occur within a certain range.

Expected Value

The long-run average value of repetitions of the same experiment or random trial.

Triangular Distribution

A probability distribution with a shape formed by a triangle, which is specified by a minimum, a maximum, and a mode value.

Expected Value

The weighted average of all possible values of a random variable, taking into account their probabilities.