Gull Corp Is Considering Selling Its Old Popcorn Machine and Replacing

question 27

Essay

Gull Corp. is considering selling its old popcorn machine and replacing it with a newer one. The old machine has a book value of $5,000 and its remaining useful life is 5 years. Annual costs are $4,000. A high school is willing to buy it for $2,000. New equipment would cost $18,000 and annual operating costs would be $1,500. The new machine has an estimated useful life of 5 years. Should the machine be replaced? Support your answer with calculations.

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Definitions:

Complements in Production

Goods that are produced together in the production process; an increase in the production of one leads to an increase in the production of the other.

Wage

The fixed regular payment, typically calculated on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis, made by an employer to an employee for their labor.

Marginal Revenue Product Curve

A curve showing the additional revenue a firm earns by employing one additional unit of input, holding other factors constant.

Competitive Seller

A seller in a competitive market who takes the market price as given and whose output decision does not affect the market price.