Compute before-tax rate of return on replacement proposal

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Quesiton: The Quick Manufacturing Company, a large profitable corporation, may replace a production machine tool. A new machine would cost $3700, have a 4-year useful and depreciable life, and have no salvage value. For tax purposes, sum-of-years'-digits depreciation would be used. sum-of-years'-digits depreciation would be used. The existing machine tool cost $4000 4 years ago and has been depreciated by straight-line depreciation assuming an 8-year life and no salvage value. The tool could be sold now to a used equipment dealer for $1000 or be kept in service for another 4 years. It would then have no salvage value. The new machine tool would save about $900 per year in operating costs compared to the existing machine. Assume a 40% combined state and federal tax rate. Compute the before-tax rate of return on the replacement proposal of installing the new machine rather than keeping the existing machine.

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