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What is the Consumer Price Index? What is the difference between commodity-specific and composite price indexes? Can each used in engineering economic analysis?
If the inflation rate is 4.5%, what inflation rate in taxes for the remaining taxpayers is required for Ruralville to attain its goal?
Assume the real MARR is 8%, and the inflation rate is 5%. Find the equivalent annual cost after taxes. Does inflation increase or decrease the annual cost?
Compute the after-tax rate of return for the owner, after taking the general inflation rate into account, assuming he sells the property 59 months later.
Assuming a nominal interest rate of 15.5%, which alternative should the couple select? Use a present worth analysis.
If it requires a real 12% after-tax rate of return on its investment, should the device be purchased?
If the property is sold at the end of 5 years for its book value at that time, what after-tax rate of return will Sam receive?
Calculate the additional money you could spend on your vacation, after taxes, by putting your vacation money ($2500) into a taxable investment at 6% per year.
Calculate the amount you would have to invest today to pay for tuition costs 20, 21, 22, and 23 years from now.
Assuming the federal income tax rate table is unchanged, what must their taxable income be 20 years from now?
Find Tom's Before-tax rate of return, ignoring inflation, after-tax rate of return, ignoring inflation and After-tax rate of return, after taking inflation.
What effect, if any, does this have on a firm's ability to buy new equipment to replace old equipment?
If income taxes amount to 15% of the capital gain, at what price must she sell the lot at the end of the 10 years?
What is the future worth of your investment in actual dollars at that time and in Year-0 dollars at that time?
Estimate the material cost of a similar fireplace to be built in the year 2012. What assumption did you make? Different Rates
Compute the equivalent annual inflation rate, based on the Consumer Price Index, for the period from 1990 to 2010.
Under what circumstances is it correct to use the stable price assumption when prices actually are changing?
Is it necessary to account for inflation in an engineering economy study? What are the two approaches for handling inflation in such analyses?
Prepare a short report and presentation on a project estimate for a project that was built. What methodology was used to Prepare the estimate.
Determine the labor costs required to produce the 100th item if the first item requires 45 days to produce and the learning curve percentage is 82%.
Determine the time required to produce the 2000th item if the first item requires 180 minutes to produce and the learning-curve percentage is 92%.
Calculate the coefficients, and draw a Gompers curve. Contrast the two curves. Is there any basis for preferring one of them?
Mrs Meadows Cookies provides many varieties of fresh-baked cookies and pastries. Using a Pearl curve, estimate the revenues for the cookie for the next 4 years.
Using a Gompers curve, estimate the number of commitments Heritage should anticipate each year for the next 4 years.
Assume inflation is 5% per year. What is the price tag in 6 years for an item that has an inflation rate of 4% that costs $400 today?