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A piece of new equipment has been propose by engineers to increase the productivity of certain manual welding operation. The investment cost is $22,953 and the equipment will have a market value of $5,012 at the end of a study period of five years. increased productivity attributable to the equipment will amount to $9,267 per year after extra operating cost have been subtracted from the revenue generated by the additional production. If the firm's MARR is 20% per year, What is the present worth (PW) for this proposal?