Treads Corporation Is Considering the Replacement of an Old Machine

question 18

Multiple Choice

Treads Corporation is considering the replacement of an old machine that is currently being used. The old machine is fully depreciated but can be used by the corporation for five more years. If Treads decides to replace the old machine, Picco Company has offered to purchase the old machine for $60,000. The old machine would have no salvage value in five years.
The new machine would be acquired from Hillcrest Industries for $1,000,000 in cash. The new machine has an expected useful life of five years with no salvage value. Due to the increased efficiency of the new machine, estimated annual cash savings of $300,000 would be generated.
Treads Corporation uses a discount rate of 12%. (Ignore income taxes in this problem.)

- The internal rate of return of the project is closest to which of the following?

• A) 12%.
• B) 16%.
• C) 18%.
• D) 20%.

---

Definitions:

Average Variable Cost

The total variable cost divided by the quantity of output produced; it represents the variable cost per unit of output.

Marginal Revenue

The additional income earned from selling one more unit of a good or service, a key factor in decision-making for producing additional units.

Marginal Revenue

The extra revenue earned by selling an additional unit of a product or service.

Price-taker Model

An economic model describing a company or entity that must accept the prevailing prices in the market of its products because it does not have the market power to change them.