Question

Briggs Excavation Company is planning an investment of $307,300 for a bulldozer. The bulldozer is expected to operate for 2,000 hours per year for five years. Customers will be charged $120 per hour for bulldozer work. The bulldozer operator costs $31 per hour in wages and benefits. The bulldozer is expected to require annual maintenance costing $20,000. The bulldozer uses fuel that is expected to cost $41 per hour of bulldozer operation.

Present Value of an Annuity of $1 at Compound Interest
Year	6%	10%	12%	15%	20%
1	0.943	0.909	0.893	0.870	0.833
2	1.833	1.736	1.690	1.626	1.528
3	2.673	2.487	2.402	2.283	2.106
4	3.465	3.170	3.037	2.855	2.589
5	4.212	3.791	3.605	3.352	2.991
6	4.917	4.355	4.111	3.784	3.326
7	5.582	4.868	4.564	4.160	3.605
8	6.210	5.335	4.968	4.487	3.837
9	6.802	5.759	5.328	4.772	4.031
10	7.360	6.145	5.650	5.019	4.192

a. Determine the equal annual net cash flows from operating the bulldozer. Use a minus sign to indicate cash outflows.

Briggs Excavation
Equal Annual Net Cash Flow
Cash inflows:
Hours of operation
Revenue per hour		$
Revenue per year			$
Cash outflows:
Hours of operation
Fuel cost per hour	$
Labor cost per hour
Total fuel and labor costs per hour		$
Fuel and labor costs per year
Maintenance costs per year
Annual net cash flow			$

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a. Subtract the operating expenses (hourly fuel and labor costs, multiplied by the operating hours, plus the annual maintenance costs) from the revenues (operating hours multiplied by the hourly revenue).

b. Determine the net present value of the investment, assuming that the desired rate of return is 6%. Use the present value of an annuity of $1 table above. Round to the nearest dollar. If required, use the minus sign to indicate a negative net present value.

Present value of annual net cash flows	$
Amount to be invested	$
Net present value	$

c. Should Briggs Excavation invest in the bulldozer, based on this analysis?
Yes , because the bulldozer cost is less than  the present value of the cash flows at the minimum desired rate of return of 6%.

d. Determine the number of operating hours such that the present value of cash flows equals the amount to be invested. Round interim calculations and final answer to the nearest whole number.
hours

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