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Marsha Jones has bought a used Mercedes horse transporter for her Connecticut estate. It cost $35,000. The object is to save on horse transporter rentals. Marsh had been renting a transporter every other week for $200 per day plus $1.00 per mile. Most of the trips are 80 or 100 miles in total. Marsha usually gives her driver, Joe Laminitis, a $40 tip. With the new transporter she will only have to pay for diesel fuel and maintenance, at about $0.45 per mile. Insurance costs for Marsha’s transporter are $1,200 per year. The transporter will probably be worth $15,000 (in real terms) after eight years, when Marsha’s horse Spike, will be ready to retire. Is the transporter a positive-NPV investment? Assume a nominal discount rate of 9% and a 3% forecasted inflation rate. Marsha’s transporter is a personal outlay, and not a business or financial investment, so taxes can be ignored. (use excel and show functions)
NPV=NET PRESENT VALUE
Cash inflow-CAsh OUTFLOW
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Please note Excel sheet contains following workings
1.Function for NPV =NPV(Discount rate,array of cash inflow)+cash outflow
2.Calculation for saving =26*(200+40+90*1)
( days=26,rent=200,tip=40, miles average=100+80/2=90)
3Calculation for Fuel =(90*26*0.45)
4.calculation for Discount rate
Step1 Please see the whole chart:
Step2 NPV FUNCTION PLEASE SEE
Other Workings
SAvings
FUEL
Hence NPV is positive.
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