Question

pra nigner capacity 200-cup machine if the exponent value is 0.23. 12- A local farmer would like to purchase a new water pump for his farm. The current one that he purchased 5 years ago for $150 has a flow rate of 3000 gallons per hour. The price index was 550 five years ago and is 680 today. If the exponent value is 0.45, find the cost of a new water pump that has a flow rate of 6000 gallons per hour. 25345.0!

Answer 1

Adjusting for inflation, the cost of the current pump would be

Co = $ 150 (630) = $185.45

The estimated cost of the new water pump is calculated as

6000 0.45 Cn = $ 185.4545455 (2000)

The cost of new water pump that has a flow rate of 6000 gallons per hour = $ 253.34