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Vanduser Company Is Considering the Purchase of a Labor Saving

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Vanduser Company is considering the purchase of a labor saving piece of equipment with the following information:
 Purchase cost of equipment $432,000 Annual cost savings, excluding depreciation(end of year)  $80,000 Terminal salvage value $10,000 Useful life of equipment 12 years  Required rate of return 10% Taxrate 30% Depreciation method for taxpurposes  Straight-line \begin{array}{ll}\text { Purchase cost of equipment } & \$ 432,000 \\\text { Annual cost savings, excluding depreciation(end of year) } & \$ 80,000 \\\text { Terminal salvage value } & \$ 10,000 \\\text { Useful life of equipment } & 12 \text { years } \\\text { Required rate of return } & 10 \% \\\text { Taxrate } & 30 \% \\\text { Depreciation method for taxpurposes } & \text { Straight-line }\end{array}
Present value of ordinary annuity of one
at 10% for 12 periods 6.8137Present value of one at 10% for 12 periods 0.3186\begin{array} { l } \text {at 10\% for 12 periods }&6.8137 \\ \text {Present value of one at 10\% for 12 periods }&0.3186\\\end{array}

What is the net present value of the equipment?


A) $(50,433)
B) $23,155
C) $24,638
D) $124,458

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