Engineering Economy (17th Edition)
Engineering Economy (17th Edition)
17th Edition
ISBN: 9780134870069
Author: William G. Sullivan, Elin M. Wicks, C. Patrick Koelling
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 11, Problem 1P
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Calculate the customer per day.

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Time period is denoted by n and the interest is denoted by i. Customer per day (CP) can be calculated as follows.

BC=Annual receiptAnnual expenseInvestment(i(1+i)n(1+i)n1)Salvage value(i(1+i)n1)=100,00050,000200,000(0.15(1+0.15)10(1+0.15)101)10,000(0.15(1+.15)101)=1.27   

Customer per day is 3,805.

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