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1. What are three the non-economic issues associated with any comparison of alternatives? Explain why each is important to the customer and to the design engineer?
2. $10,000 is invested at an interest rate of 5.0% per year compounded annually:
-What is the nominal interest rate?
-For one year, what is the effective interest rate?
-For one month, what is the effective interest rate?
-Far a quarter, what is the effective interest rate?
-For four months, what is the effective interest rate?
3. Your bank charges you interest on your credit card of 0.5% compounded per month
-What is the nominal interest rate?
-What is the effective annual interest rate?
-What is the effective quarterly interest rate?
-What is the effective monthly interest rate?
4. Create a cash flow diagram for the following engineering development scenerio
-A company buys a machine for $100,000
-Maintenance is expected to be $1,000 per year
-The life of the machine is expected to be 10 years
-Revenues should be $5,000 every six months
-The labor costs are $2,000 a month
-At the end of 10 years, the machine should be worth no more than $25,000