The state’s Secretary of Education is considering the purchase of a new computer for $100,000. A cost study indicates that the new computer should save the Department of Education $30,000. measured in real dollars, during each of the next eight years.
The real interest rate is 20 percent and the inflation rate is 10 percent. As a governmental agency, the Department of Education pays no taxes.
Required:
1. Prepare a schedule of cash flows measured in real dollars. Include the initial acquisition and the cost savings for each of the next eight years.
2. Using cash flows measured in real dollars. compute the net present value of the proposed computer. Use a real discount rate equal to the real interest rate.
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