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13. The Accounting Dept. at Queens College (not subject to income taxes) is considering replacing a copy machine with a better one. The cost of the new copy machine will be $6,000 and it will have a useful life of 3 years. Using a hurdle rate of 10%, The Accounting Dept. calculates a net present value for the new copy machine of $964. Working backwards, how much is the annual uniform cash income from students who pay to use the new copy machine? A. $3,000 B. $2,900 C. $2,800 D. $2,700

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          13.      The Accounting Dept. at Queens College (not subject to income taxes) is considering replacing a copy machine with a better one. The cost of the new copy machine will be $6,000 and it will have a useful life of 3 years. Using a hurdle rate of 10%, The Accounting Dept. calculates a net present value for the new copy machine of $964. Working backwards, how much is the annual uniform cash income from students who pay to use the new copy machine?
A. $3,000
B. $2,900
C. $2,800
D. $2,700

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Horngren’s Cost Accounting

Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan 16th Edition

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The NPV is calculated as follows: \[ NPV = \sum \left( \frac{C}{(1 + r)^t} \right) - Initial\ Investment \] Where: - $ C $ = annual cash inflow - $ r $ = discount rate (hurdle rate) - $ t $ = year (from 1 to n) - Initial Investment = cost of the new copy Show more…

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13. The Accounting Dept. at Queens College (not subject to income taxes) is considering replacing a copy machine with a better one. The cost of the new copy machine will be $6,000 and it will have a useful life of 3 years. Using a hurdle rate of 10%, The Accounting Dept. calculates a net present value for the new copy machine of $964. Working backwards, how much is the annual uniform cash income from students who pay to use the new copy machine? A. $3,000 B. $2,900 C. $2,800 D. $2,700