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The Association of Sugar Cane Growers in the country plans to form a Company. The association is not sure yet on the kind of business they should venture in though they know that it should be in the sugar cane industry. The company should either be producing sugar known as option C, or producing biofuel referred to option D or just produce sugar cane and sell to sugar-producing organizations - option E. Information pertaining to investment requirements is given in the table below. The costs/revenue are in US $.
Item |
Option C |
Option D |
Option E |
First cost |
5M |
4M |
2M |
Annual maintenance costs |
200,000 |
250,000 |
75,000 |
Increase in annual maintenance costs from the second year and thereafter |
10,000 |
15,000 |
5,000 |
Salvage value |
1.5M |
1M |
30M |
Life span - years |
20 |
20 |
perpetual |
Annual revenue |
1M |
1.5M |
250,000 |
Using a discount rate 0f 12%