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You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machine.
The Techron I costs $270,000 (initial investment), has a 3-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $69,000 per year.
The Techron II costs $475,000(initial investment), has a 5-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $36,000 per year.
For both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project’s life and assume no salvage value for Techron I and II.
The tax rate is 35%, and the discount rate is $10%.