A company is considering replacing an old piece of machinery, which cost $601,300 and has $350,900 of accumulated depreciation to date, with a new machine that has a purchase price of $483,600. The old machine could be sold for $64,500. The annual variable production costs associated with the old machine are estimated to be $156,700 per year for 8 years. The annual variable production costs for the new machine are estimated to be $101,400 per year for 8 years.
Required:
A. Prepare a differential analysis dated September 13 to determine whether to continue with (Alternative 1) or replace (Alternative 2) the old machine. Refer to the lists of Labels and Amount Descriptions for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries. For those boxes in which you must enter subtracted or negative numbers use a minus sign. If there is no amount or an amount is zero, enter "0". A colon (:) will automatically appear if required.
B. Determine whether the company should continue with (Alternative 1) or replace (Alternative 2) the old machine.
C. What is the sunk cost in this situation?
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Differential Analysis
A company is considering replacing an old piece of machinery, which cost $600,000 and has $350,000 of accumulated depreciation to date, with a new machine that has a purchase price of $545,000. The old machine could be sold for $231,000. The annual variable production costs associated with the old machine are estimated to be $61,000 per year for eight years. The annual variable production costs for the new machine re estimated to be $19,000 per year for eight years.
Required:
A. Prepare a differential analysis dated September 13 to determine whether to continue with (Alternative 1) or replace (Alternative 2) the old machine. Refer to the lists of Labels and Amount Descriptions for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries. For those boxes in which you must enter subtracted or negative numbers use a minus sign. If there is no amount or an amount is zero, enter "0". A colon (:) will automatically appear if required.
B. Determine whether the company should continue with (Alternative 1) or replace (Alternative 2) the old machine.
C. What is the sunk cost in this situation?
X
Differential Analysis
A. Prepare a differential analysis dated September 13 to determine whether to continue with (Alternative 1) or replace (Alternative 2) the old machine. Refer to the lists of Labels and Amount Descriptions for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries. For those boxes in which you must enter subtracted or negative numbers use a minus sign. If there is no amount or an amount is zero, enter "0". A colon (:) will automatically appear if required.
Differential Analysis
Continue with Old Machine (Alternative. 1) or Replace Old Machine (Alternative. 2)
September 13
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Continue with Old Machine
Replace Old Machine
Differential Effect on Income
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(Alternative 1)
(Alternative 2)
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