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The plant manager of Orlando Electronics Company is considering the purchase of new automated assembly equipment. The new equipment will cost $255,000. The manager believes that the new investment will result in direct labor savings of $51,000 per year for 10 years.

Year 6% 10% 12% 15% 20%
1 0.943 0.909 0.893 0.870 0.833
2 1.833 1.736 1.690 1.626 1.528
3 2.673 2.487 2.402 2.283 2.106
4 3.465 3.170 3.037 2.855 2.589
5 4.212 3.791 3.605 3.353 2.991
6 4.917 4.355 4.111 3.785 3.326
7 5.582 4.868 4.564 4.160 3.605
8 6.210 5.335 4.968 4.487 3.837
9 6.802 5.759 5.328 4.772 4.031
10 7.360 6.145 5.650 5.019 4.192

a. What is the payback period on this project? fill in the blank 1 of 1 years

b. What is the net present value, assuming a 10% rate of return? Use the table provided above. Round to the nearest whole dollar. Net present value fill in the blank 1 of 1$

c. What else should the manager consider in the analysis?

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