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Question 5 (a) A electric power distributor charges residential customers $0.10 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) The company advertises that "green power" is available in 150 kWh blocks for an additional $4 per month per block. (i) A customer uses an average of 300k Wh per month and commits to one monthly 150k Wh (3 marks) (4 marks) (4 marks) block of green power, what is the annual power bill? (ii) What is the average cost per kWh using green power during the year? (ii) Why does green power cost more than conventional power? Manufacturing equipment was purchased at a price of $1 million eight years ago, and production capacity of this machine is X. A company is considering purchasing new equipment of the same design but production capacity is 1.33X. However, if it is purchased, apart from the equipment itself, an extra cost of $2,000 has to be added for application. The cost index for this type of equipment was 162 eight years ago and is now 221. The applicable capacity factor is 0.8. Estimate of the total cost of purchasing the new machine? (14 marks) (b)

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