Considering two alternative plant layouts

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You are considering two alternative plant layouts, A1 and A2, to improve its current layout. The cash flows are shown below. The first costs represent the expenses of rearranging the current layout to the alternative new layout and the annual savings represent the reduction in the production costs of the new layout compared to the current layout. Using the internal rate of return as the decision criterion, what course of action do you recommend? Use MARR = 11%.

Data OOOOOO [Year] OOOOOO {A1) OOOOOO (A2)

First Cost OOOO[ 0 ]OOOO (-$110,000) OOO( -$115,000)

Annual SavingsO [1 to ∞] OO ($12,500) OOOOO($15,000)

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