In: Civil Engineering
use the tables of compound interest to look up the value of the factors. Do not use the interest formulas.
Two mutually exclusive alternatives are being considered. Both have lives of 5 years. Alternative 1 has a first cost of $2,500 and annual benefits of $746. Alternative 2 costs $6,000 and has annual benefits of $1,664. The minimum attractive rate of return (MARR) is 8%.