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Mr. Louis is presently considering buying a new boat to give rides to tourists. He has two alternatives: Boat A costs 10,000andconsumes10,000 and consumes 2,000 in fuel per year. Boat B costs 7,000andconsumes7,000 and consumes 2,500. Both boats have a zero salvage value at the end of 10 years. If Ur. Louis considers a rate of return of 6% acceptable, (a) which boat should he purchase? (b) how much will he charge each tourist if there are 3 tourists to a ride and Mr. Louis plans to have 125 rides each year?
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Mr. Louis is presently considering buying a new boat to give rides to tourists. He has two alternatives: Boat A costs 10,000andconsumes2,000 in fuel per year. Boat B costs 7,000andconsumes2,500. Both boats have a zero salvage value at the end of 10 years. If Ur. Louis considers a rate of return of 6% acceptable, (a) which boat should he purchase? (b) how much will he charge each tourist if there are 3 tourists to a ride and Mr. Louis plans to have 125 rides each year?
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Mr. Louis is presently considering buying a new boat to give rides to tourists. He has two alternatives: Boat A costs $10,000 and consumes $2,000 in fuel per year. Boat B costs $7,000 and consumes $2,500. Both boats have a zero salvage value at the end of 10 years. If Ur. Louis considers a rate of return of 6% acceptable, (a) which boat should he purchase? (b) how much will he charge each tourist if there are 3 tourists to a ride and Mr. Louis plans to have 125 rides each year?

category

business

options

  1. Boat B, $9.50 per passenger
  2. Boat A, $8.96 per passenger
  3. Boat A, $9.50 per passenger
  4. Boat A, $12 per passenger
  5. Boat A, $7.50 per passenger
  6. Boat B, $7.50 per passenger
  7. Boat B, $8.96 per passenger
  8. Boat B, $10 per passenger
  9. Boat B, $12 per passenger
  10. Boat A, $10 per passenger

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stemez-Business

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upstream_id / Original problem ID
353
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task_key
default--test--353
task_revision_id
1
config / split
default / test

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