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Annual Cost
To compare alternatives by annual cost, all cash flows are changed to a series of…
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Present Worth
In a present worth comparison of alternatives, the costs associated with each alternative investment are all converted…
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Inflation and the discount rate
Provision for inflationmay be made in two ways: (1) estimate all future costs and benefits…
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Discount Rate
The term discount rate is often used for the interest rate when comparing alternative projects or strategies.…
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Comparison of Alternatives
Most decisions are based on economic criteria. In-vestments are unattractive, unless it seems likely they…
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Other Interest Calculation Concepts
Additional concepts involved in interest calculations include continuous cash flow, capitalized costs, begin-ning of period payments,…
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Series present worth factor
As with the other factors,there is a corresponding inverse to the capital recovery factor. The series…
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Capital recovery factor
It is also important to be able torelate regular periodic payments to their present worth;…
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Sinking fund factor
The process corresponding to theinverse of series compounding is referred to as a sinking fund; that is, what…
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Interest Periods
Normally, but not always, the interest period is taken as 1 yr. There may be subperiods of…