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COMPILED LECTURE
IN
ENGINEERING ECONOMY
LORIE M. CABANAYAN
FRANCISCO D. CUARESMA
DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Central Luzon State University
Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija
2012

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER / CONTENTS PAGE
Preface i
I – Introduction to Engineering Economy 1
Engineering Economy Defined 1
Important Uses of Engineering Economy 1
Engineering Economy Techniques 2
II – Cost Concepts and Design Economics 3
Cost terminologies 3
Some Economic Relationships 6
Cost, Volume and BEP Relationships 10
III – Principles of Money-time Relationships 15
Terminologies 15
Notation and Cash Flows 17
Interest Formulas for Discrete Cash Flows 18
Nominal and Effective Interest Rate 23
IV – Depreciation 26
Terminologies 26
Depreciation Methods 27
V – Application of Money-time Relationships 33
Methods for Evaluating Investments 33
Present Worth Method 33
Future Worth Method 36
Annual Worth Method 37
Internal Rate of Return 38
External Rate of Return 40
Payback Period 41
Benefit-Cost Ratio 43
VI – Comparing Alternatives 45
Basic Concepts for Comparing Alternatives 45
VII – The Feasibility Study 50

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Introduction 50
Parts of a Feasibility Study 50
References 56
Appendices
A.1 Sample Tests for First Term Examination 57
A.2 Sample Tests for Second Term Examination 59
A.3 Sample Tests for Final Term Examination 60
B.1 Guidelines for the Preparation of a FS 62
B.2 Components of a Project Feasibility Study 67
b.3 Project Study Preparation: Data Needs and Resources 74

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PREFACE
This manual is compilation of notes taken mainly from the book „Engineering Economy‟ by
Sullivan et al. a book recommended as text book for the subject ENGR 322 – Engineering
Economics. Other notes were also taken from other sources which were reflected at the References.
Useful websites are also found at the References where students can learn from their own. Most of
the problem sets on first four chapters were also used.
This lecture note was started by Engr. Lorie Cabanayan when I was on study leave. She
taught the subject for more than three years while I was taking my doctorate degree and she learn
much on the subject. She retired early for family reasons and I know she is applying the principles
she acquired on this subject on her business.
I recognize her decision to leave the College as trade-off for her family; a very just and right
decision. I salute you!
Francis Cuaresma

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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING ECONOMICS
ENGINEERING ECONOMY/ECONOMICS DEFINED
 As defined by Arreola
Engineering economy is that branch of economics which involve the application of definite
laws of economics, theories of investment and business practices to engineering problems involving
cost.
It is also defined to be the study of economic theories and their application to engineering
problems with concept of obtaining the maximum benefit at the least cost as a basis for decision.
It also involves the study of cost features and other financial data and their application in the
field of engineering as a basis for decision.
 As defined by Kasner
Engineering economics is equated with practicality and economic feasibility. It is also the
search for the recognition of alternatives which are then compared and evaluated in order to come
up with the most practical design and creation.
 As defined by Sullivan, et al.
Engineering economy is the systematic evaluation of the economic merits of proposed
solutions to engineering problems.
IMPORTANT USES OF ENGINEERING ECONOMY
1. Seeking new objectives for the application of engineering – An important use of engineering
economy is to seek new objectives for engineering application. Engineers are constantly seeking
new and wider application of their technical knowledge for the benefit of mankind and in line
with this, engineering economy provides basic principles and laws.
2. Discovery of factors limiting the success of a venture or enterprise – upon knowing the
objectives, next is to determine ways and means to attain such objectives. With Engineering
Economy the so-called limiting factors which may hinder the success of a project are being
discovered.
3. Comparison of alternatives as a basis for decision – The principles of engineering economy
helps to point out the analysis of choosing the best alternatives on a quantitative basis.
4. Analysis of possible investment of capital – Engineering economy enables engineers to consider
all aspects of investment from both the technical and financial viewpoints. It provides several
patterns of analysis to determine rate of return, annual costs and pay out periods, which all
serves as bases for decision.
5. Determination of bases for decision – Engineers‟ main concern is on future actions, that is on
what to do and not on what has been accomplished. Decisions on future actions are more valid
and accurate if the principles of engineering economy are correctly applied.

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Origins of engineering economy. A civil engineer named Arthur Wellington in the later
part of the 19th
century made use of engineering economic analysis in building railroads in the U. S.
In 1930, Eugene Grant published his book, Principles of Engineering Economy, which emphasized
on techniques that depended on financial and actuarial mathematics.
What are the principles of engineering economy?
Principle 1. Develop the alternatives. The choice is among alternatives.
Principle 2. Focus on the differences. Only the difference in expected outcomes is considered.
Principle 3. Use a consistent viewpoint. Prospective outcomes of the alternatives, economic, etc.
should be considered.
Principle 4. Use a common unit of measure. Using a common unit of measurement of the possible
outcomes in comparing alternatives.
Principle 5. Consider all relevant criteria. Consider both monetary and other unit of measure in
measurement of outcomes.
Principle 6. Make uncertainty explicit. Uncertainty is inherent in projecting future outcomes and
should considered in their analysis and comparison.
Principle 7. Revisit your decisions. Projected results and decisions should be compared with actual
results to improved the decision process.
The Engineering Economic Analysis Procedure
Steps:
1. Problem recognition, definition, and evaluation.
2. Development of the feasible alternatives.
3. Development of the cash flows for each alternative.
4. Selection of a criterion (or criteria).
5. Analysis and comparison of the alternative.
6. Performance monitoring and post evaluation results.

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CHAPTER II. COST CONCEPTS AND DESIGN ECONOMICS
TERMINOLOGIES
Fixed cost – those that are unaffected by changes in activity level over a feasible range of
operations for the capacity or capability available. (Insurance and taxes on facilities, general
management and administrative salaries, license fees and interest costs of borrowed capital)
Variable cost – are those associated with an operation that vary in relation to changes in quantity of
output or other measures of activity level. For the example, the cost of materials and labor used in a
product or service are variable costs – because they vary with the number of output units even
though the costs per unit stay the same.
Incremental cost (incremental revenue) – refers to the additional cost or revenue that will result for
increasing the output of a system by one of more units. This is often quite difficult to determine in
practice. Thus if to produce 100 units will cost P200, and the total cost for producing 110 units is
P215, then the increment cost for additional 10 units is P15 or 1.50 per unit.
Recurring costs – costs that are repetitive and occur where an organization produces similar goods
or services on a continuing basis. Variable cost are also recurring costs, because they repeat with
each unit of output. Fixed cost that is paid on a repeatable basis is a recurring cost (ex. office space
rental)
Non-recurring costs – are those that are not repetitive even though the total expenditures maybe
cumulative over a relatively short period of time. Usually it involves the developing or establishing
a capability or capacity to operate.
Direct cost – those that can be reasonably measured and allocated to a specific output or work
(labor and materials).
Indirect cost – costs that are difficult to attribute or allocate to a specific output. They are costs
allocated through a selected formula (such as proportional to direct labor hours or direct materials)
to the outputs or work activities (ex. Cost of common tools, general supplies equipment
maintenance).
Overhead cost – used to mean all expenditures that are not direct cost (administrative, insurance,
taxes, electricity, general repairs)
Standard cost – representation cost per unit of output that are established in advance of actual
production or service delivery. They are developed from anticipated direct labor hours, materials
and overhead categories. Standard costs play an important role in cost control and other
management functions like estimating future manufacturing costs.
Cash cost – cost that involves payment of cash.
Book cost – does not involve cash transaction; non-cash. The most common example of book cost
is the depreciation. It is included in an analysis for it affects income taxes, which are cash flows.

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Opportunity cost – is incurred because of the use of limited resources such that the opportunity to
use those resources to monetary advantage in alternative use is foregone. It is the cost of the best
rejected opportunity and is often hidden or implied.
Example of opportunity cost:
Consider a student who could earn P 5,000/ month or P60,000 for working during a year but
chooses instead to go to school for a year and spend P35,000 to do so. The opportunity cost of going
to school for that year is P95,000 ( the 60,000 for the income gone and the P35,000 for the school
expenses).
Sunk cost – is one that has occurred in the past and has no relevance to estimates of future costs and
revenues related to an alternative course of action. It represents money which has been invested and
which cannot be recovered due to certain reasons. A sunk cost is common to all alternatives and is
not part of the future cash flows and can be disregarded in an engineering economic analysis.
Life cycle cost – refers to the summation of cost estimates from inception to disposal for both
equipment and projects as determined by an analytical study and estimate of total costs experienced
during their life. The objective of LCC analysis is to choose the most cost effective approach from a
series of alternatives so the least long term cost of ownership is achieved.
LCC analysis helps engineers justify equipment and process selection based on total costs
rather than the initial purchase price. Usually the cost of operation, maintenance, and disposal costs
exceed all other costs many times over. Life cycle costs are the total costs estimated to be incurred
in the design, development, production, operation, maintenance, support, and final disposition of a
major system over its anticipated useful life span (DOE, 1995). The best balance among cost
elements is achieved when the total LCC is minimized (Landers, 1996).
Figure 1. The Life Cycle Cost
COST
(P)
Cumulative committed life-cycle cost
Potential for life-cycle cost savings
OPERATION PHASE
Cumulative life-cycle cost
ACQUISITION PHASE

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1 = Needs assessment; definition of requirements
2 = Conceptual (preliminary) design; advanced development; prototype testing
3 = Detailed design; production or construction planning; facility and resource acquisition
4 = Production or construction
5 = Operation or customer use; maintenance and support
6 = Retirement and disposal
Life cycle begins with the identification of the economic need or want and ends with
retirement and disposal activities. Life cycle is divided into two general time periods, the
acquisition phase and the operation phase. And each phase is further subdivided into interrelated but
different activity periods.
The figure shows the relative cost profiles for the life cycle. The greatest potential for
achieving life-cycle cost savings is early in the acquisition phase. Savings on the life-cycle costs of
a product is dependent on many factors. And here, effective engineering design and economic
analysis during this phase are critical in maximizing potential savings. One aspect of cost-effective
engineering design is the minimizing of the impact of design changes during the steps in the life
cycle.
The cumulative committed life cycle cost curve increases rapidly during the acquisition
phase. In general, approximately 80% of life cycle costs are “locked in” at the end of this phase by
the decisions made during the requirements analysis and preliminary and detailed design. In
contrast, as reflected by the cumulative life-cycle cost curve, only about 20% of actual costs occur
during the acquisition phase, with about 80% being incurred during the operation phase.
One purpose of the life-cycle concept is to make explicit the interrelated effects of costs over
the total life span for a product. The objective of the design process is to minimize the life cycle
cost – while meeting other performance requirements.
Investment cost – first cost or cost incurred during the acquisition phase. It is the capital required
for most of the activities in the acquisition phase.
Capital investment – series of expenditures over an extended period on a large construction
project.
Working capital – refers to the funds required for current assets (equipment, facilities) that are
needed for the start-up and support of operational activities.
Operation and maintenance cost – includes many of the recurring annual expense items
associated with the operation phase of the life cycle. The direct and indirect costs of operation in
five primary resource areas, 1) people 2) machines 3) materials 4) energy 5) information – are
major parts of the costs in this category.

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Disposal cost – includes those non recurring costs of shutting down the operation and the retirement
and disposal of assets at the end of the life cycle. Ex. Costs associated with personnel, materials.
SOME ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS
Consumer and Producer Goods and Services
 Consumer goods and services are those products or services that are directly used by people to
satisfy their wants. (Food, clothing, homes, cars, appliances, medical services, etc)
 Producer goods and services are used to produce consumer goods and services or other producer
goods. (Machine tools, factory buildings, buses, etc.).
Producer goods and services are intermediate step or serve as a mean to satisfy human wants.
The amount of producer goods needed is determined indirectly by the amount of consumer
goods or services that are demanded by people.
Necessities and Luxuries
 Necessities are those products or services that are required to support human life and activities,
that will be purchased in somewhat the same quantity even though the price varies considerably.
 Luxuries are those products or services that are desired by human and will be purchased if
money available after the required necessities have been obtained.
Demand
Demand is the quantity of a certain commodity that is bought at a certain price at a given place and
time. Demand refers to how much (quantity) of a product or service is desired by buyers. The
quantity demanded is the amount of a certain product people are willing to buy at a certain price.
Law of Demand – The demand for a commodity varies inversely as the price of the commodity,
though not proportionately.
It states that if all other factors remain equal, the higher the price, the less people will demand a
good. In other words, the higher the price, the lower the quantity demanded. The amount buyers
purchase at a higher price is less because, as the price of goes up, so does the opportunity cost of
buying that good: people will naturally avoid buying a product that is beyond their capacity to buy.
The chart below shows that the curve is a downward slope:

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Supply
Price
Figure 2. General Price-demand Relationship
As the selling price per unit (p) is increased, there will be less demand (D) for the product, and as
the selling price is decreased, the demand will increase. Expressing as a linear function:
Equation 1. p = a – bD ; where a = the intercept on the price axis
b = the slope, the amount by which demand increases for each unit
decrease in p
D = a – p (b = 0) …………………………….. equation 2
b
Supply
Supply is the quantity of a certain commodity that is offered for sale at certain price at a given place
and time. It represents how much the market can offer.
Law of supply The supply of the commodity varies directly as the price of the commodity, though
not proportionately.
Figure 3. General Price-supply Relationship
Opposite to the demand relationship, the supply relationship shows an upward slope. This
means that the higher the price, the higher the quantity supplied. Producers supply more at a higher
price because selling a higher quantity at a higher price offers greater revenues.
Time and Supply
Demand
p = a - bD
Price

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Unlike the demand relationship, however, the supply relationship is a factor of time. Time is
important to supply because suppliers must, but cannot always, react quickly to a change in demand
or price. So it is important to try and determine whether a price change that is caused by demand
will be temporary or permanent.
Supply and Demand Relationship
Now that we know the laws of supply and demand, let's turn to an example to show how
supply and demand affect price.
Imagine that a special edition CD of your favorite band is released for $20. Because the
record company's previous analysis showed that consumers will not demand CDs at a price higher
than $20, only ten CDs were released because the opportunity cost is too high for suppliers to
produce more. If, however, the ten CDs are demanded by 20 people, the price will subsequently rise
because, according to the demand relationship, as demand increases, so does the price.
Consequently, the rise in price should prompt more CDs to be supplied as the supply relationship
shows that the higher the price, the higher the quantity supplied.
If, however, there are 30 CDs produced and demand is still at 20, the price will not be
pushed up because the supply more than accommodates demand. In fact after the 20 consumers
have been satisfied with their CD purchases, the price of the leftover CDs may drop as CD
producers attempt to sell the remaining ten CDs. The lower price will then make the CD more
available to people who had previously decided that the opportunity cost of buying the CD at $20
was too high.
The Law of Supply and Demand
The law of supply and demand may be stated as follows:
“Under conditions of perfect competition the price at which a given product will be supplied
and purchased is the price that will result in the supply and the demand being equal.”
Figure 4. Price-Supply- Demand Relationship
Supply and Demand
Price
Supply

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When supply and demand are equal (i.e. when the supply function and demand function
intersect) the economy is said to be at equilibrium. At this point, the allocation of goods is at its
most efficient because the amount of goods being supplied is exactly the same as the amount of
goods being demanded. Thus, everyone (individuals, firms, or countries) is satisfied with the current
economic condition. At the given price, suppliers are selling all the goods that they have produced
and consumers are getting all the goods that they are demanding.
Competition, Monopoly, and Oligopoly
Perfect competition occurs in a situation where a commodity or services is supplied by a
number of vendors and there is nothing to prevent additional vendors entering the market. There is
no restriction against other vendors from entering the market. Buyers are free to buy from any
vendor, and the vendors likewise are free to sell to anyone.
An opposite of perfect competition is Perfect monopoly which exist when a unique product
or service is available from only a single vendor and that vendor can prevent the entry of all others
into the market. Examples of monopolies are the services offered by Meralco electric pants
throughout the country, the telephone companies and other public utilities, in which the sole right
are being granted by the government.
Oligopoly exists when there are so few suppliers of a product or service that action by one will
almost inevitable result in similar action by the others. Examples of oligopoly in the Philippines are
the oil companies and manufacturers of soft drinks who hold franchises to produce drinks of foreign
origin. Any change in price of anyone of them is usually accompanied by a similar change by the
other competitors.
Utility
The focus of economics is to understand the problem of scarcity: the problem of fulfilling
the unlimited wants of humankind with limited and/or scarce resources. Underlying the laws of
demand and supply is the concept of utility, which represents the advantage or fulfillment a person
receives from consuming a good or service. Utility, then, explains how individuals and economies
aim to gain optimal satisfaction in dealing with scarcity.
Utility - is an abstract concept rather than a concrete, observable quantity. The units to which we
assign an “amount” of utility, therefore, are arbitrary, representing a relative value. Total
utility is the aggregate sum of satisfaction or benefit that an individual gains from
consuming a given amount of goods or services in an economy. The amount of a person's
total utility corresponds to the person's level of consumption. Usually, the more the person
consumes, the larger his or her total utility will be. Marginal utility is the additional
satisfaction, or amount of utility, gained from each extra unit of consumption.
Although total utility usually increases as more of a good is consumed, marginal utility usually
decreases with each additional increase in the consumption of a good. This decrease demonstrates
the law of diminishing marginal utility. Because there is a certain threshold of satisfaction, the
consumer will no longer receive the same pleasure from consumption once that threshold is crossed.

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In other words, total utility will increase at a slower pace as an individual increases the quantity
consumed.
The Law of Diminishing Return
“When the use of one of the factors of production is limited, either in increasing cost or
absolute quantity, a point will be reached beyond which an increase in the variable factors will
result in a less than proportionate increase in output”
“When one of the factors of production is fixed in quantity or is difficult to increase,
increasing the other factors of production will increase in a less than proportionate increase in
output.
This law was originally applied in agriculture, correlating the input o men, fertilizers and
other variable factors to the input in crops or harvest. Example: Increasing gradually the quantity of
fertilizer for a fixed area of land will result in an increase in output up to a certain extent, beyond
which the output will decrease or even become nil.
Total Revenue
The Total revenue, TR, that will result from a business venture during a given period is the
product of the selling price per unit, p, and the number of units sold, D.
TR = price x demand = p * D ………………. Equation 3
If the relationship between price and demand as given by equation 1 is used,
TR = (a – bD)D = aD - bD2
…..………………Equation 4
COST, VOLUME AND BREAKEVEN POINT RELATIONSHIPS
Break even analysis is a useful tool to study the relationship between fixed costs, variable
costs, and returns. A break even point defines when an investment will generate a positive return
can be determined graphically or with simple mathematics.
Quick Facts...
 A break-even point defines when an investment will generate a positive return.
 Fixed costs are not directly related to the level of production.
 Variable costs change in direct relation to volume of output.
 Total fixed costs do not change as the level of production increases.
Break-even analysis computes the volume of production at a given price necessary to cover all
costs. Break-even price analysis computes the price necessary at a given level of production to
cover all costs.
At any demand, D, the total cost is

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CT = CF + CV ……………………….. equation 5
Where: CT = Total cost
CF = Fixed cost
CV = Variable cost
For linear relationship: CV = cv . D …………………….. equation 6
where: cv = is the variable cost per unit
D = is the total product produced or volume demanded
There are 2 scenarios in solving the breakeven points:
1st
Scenario:
When total revenue (equation 5) and total cost as given by equations 5 and 6 are combined, the
typical results as a function of demand is shown in Figure 5.
At break even point D‟1, total revenue is equal to total cost, and an increase in demand will result in
a profit for the operation. Then at optimal demand, D*, profit is maximized. At breakeven point D‟2
, total revenue and total cost are again equal, but additional volume will result in an operating loss
instead of a profit.
At any volume, D, Profit = total revenue – total costs
= (aD – bD2
) – (CF+ cvD)
= - bD2
+ (a – cv) D - CF ……………………… equation 7
Two conditions must be met in order for a profit to occur:
1. (a – cv) > 0; that is, the price per unit that will result in no demand has to be greater than the
variable cost per unit
2. Total revenue (TR) must exceed total cost (CT) for the period involved.
If these 2 conditions were met, the optimal value of D that maximizes profit is
D’1
Maximum Profit
Profit
Volume (Demand)
Cost
and
Revenue
Revenue
Total Revenue
CT
CF
CV
Loss
D’2
D*
Figure 5. Combined cost and revenue
functions, and break even points
as functions of volume and their
effect on typical profit

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D* = a – cv ………………………….. equation 8
2b
For Break even point:
Total revenue = total cost
aD – bD2
= CF + cvD => -bD2
+ (a – cv) D – CF = 0 …………………Equation 9
Equation 10 is a quadratic equation with one unknown (D), solving for breakeven points D‟1 and
D‟2……
D‟ = - (a – cv) + - [(a – cv)2
– 4(-b) (-CF)] ½ ……………………. Equation 10
2(-b)
Sample problem:
A company produces an electronic timing switch that is used in consumer and commercial products
made by several other manufacturing firms. The fixed cost (CF) is $73,000 per month, and the
variable cost (cv) is $83 per unit. The selling price per unit is p = $180 – 0.02(D), based on
Equation 1. For this situation (a) determine the optimal volume for this product and confirm that a
profit occurs (instead of a loss) at this demand; and (b) find the volumes at which breakeven occurs;
that is, what is the domain of profitable demand?
Solution:
(a) D* = a – cv = $180 – 83 = 2,425 units per month (from Equation 1)
2b 2(0.02)
Is (a – cv) > 0?
($180 – 83) = $97, which is greater than 0.
And is (total revenue – total cost) > 0 for D* = 2,425 units per month?
[$180(2,425) – 0.02(2,425)2
] – [$73,000 + 83(2,425] = $44,612
(b) Total revenue = total cost (break-even point)
D‟ = - (a – cv) + - [(a – cv)2
– 4(-b) (-CF)] ½
(From Equation 10)
2(-b)
D‟ = -97 +- [(97)2 – 4(-0.02)(-73,000)] ½
2(-0.02)
D‟1 = -97 + 59.74 = 932 units per month
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D‟2 = -97 - 59.74 = 3,918 per month
-0.04
Thus, the domain of profitable demand is 932 to 3,918 units per month
Figure 6. Typical Breakeven Chart with price (p) a constant
2nd
Scenario
When the price per unit (p) for a product or service can be represented more simply as being
independent of demand and is greater than variable cost per unit (cv), a single breakeven point
results. Assuming that the demand is immediately met, TR = p.D and using equations 5 and 6, the
typical situation is shown in Figure 6.
Total fixed costs do not change as the level of production increases.
The total cost line is the sum of the total fixed costs and total variable costs.
The total income (Profit) line is the gross value of the output.
The key point (break-even point) is the intersection of the total cost line and the total income line
(Point P). A vertical line down from this point shows the level of production necessary to cover all
costs. Production greater than this level generates positive revenue; losses are incurred at lower
levels of production.
Breakeven Point
Break even = Total revenue = Total cost
= pD = CF + CV
= pD = CF + cvD‟
D‟ = CF / (p – cv) …………………………… Equation 11
Break Even = Fixed Cost / (Unit Price - Variable Unit Cost)
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Sample problem:
An engineering consulting firm measures its output in a standard service hour unit, which is a
function of the personnel grade levels in the professional staff. The variable cost (cv) is $62 per
standard service hour. The charge-out rate [i.e., selling price (p)] is 1.38.cv = $85.56 per hour. The
maximum output of the firm is 160,000 hours per year, and its fixed cost (CF) is $2,024,000 per
year. For this firm, (a) what is the breakeven point in standard service hours and in percentage of
total capacity and (b) what is the percentage reduction in the breakeven point (sensitivity) if fixed
costs are reduced 10 percent; if variable cost per hour is reduced 10 percent; if both costs are
reduced 10 percent; and if the selling price per unit is increased by 10 percent?
Solution:
(a) Total revenue = total cost
pD‟ = CF + cvD‟
D‟ = CF
(p – cv)
D‟ = $2,024,000 = 85,908 hours per year
($85.56 - $62)
D‟ = 85,908 / 160,000 = 0.537 or 53.7% capacity
(b) 10% reduction in CF:
D‟ = 0.9 ($2,024,000) = 77,318 hours per year
($85.56 - $62)
D‟ = 85,908 – 77,318 / 85,908 = 0.10 or 10% reduction in D‟
and 10% reduction in cv:
D‟ = ($2,024,000) = 68,011 hours per year
[$85.56 – 0.9 ($62)]
D‟ = 85,908 – 68,011 / 85,908 = 0.208 or 20.8% reduction in D‟
and 10% reduction in both CF and cv:
D‟ = 0.9 ($2,024,000) = 61,210 hours per year
[$85.56 – 0.9 ($62)]
and 10% increase in p:
D‟ = ($2,024,000) = 63,021 hours per year
[1.1($85.56) – $62]
Therefore, the breakeven point is more sensitive to a reduction in variable cost per hour than
to the same percentage reduction in fixed cost, but reduced costs in both areas should be sought.
And also breakeven point in this example is highly sensitive to the selling price per unit, p.

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The breakeven point in an operating situation can be determined in 1) units of output 2)
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CHAPTER III. PRINCIPLES OF MONEY-TIME RELATIONSHIPS
TERMINOLOGIES
Capital – refers to wealth in the form of money or property that can be used to produce more
wealth.
The Concept of Time Value of Money – “Money makes money”. This is true because if we invest
money today, by tomorrow we will have accumulated more money that what we had originally
invested. And also if you borrow money today you will have to pay in the future an amount that is
larger that what you have originally owed. This change in the amount of money over a given time
period is called time value of money”.
Equity capital – is owned by individuals who have invested their money or property in a business
project or venture in the hope of receiving a profit and sometimes in exchange for a share of
ownership in the company. Equity financing allows a business to obtain funds without incurring
debt or having to repay a specific amount of money at a particular time.
Debt Capital – also called borrowed capital, is represented by funds borrowed by a business that
must be repaid over a period of time, usually with interest. Debt financing can be either short-term,
with full repayment due in less than one year, or long-term, with repayment due over a period
greater than one year.
Return On Capital - measures of how effectively a company uses the money (borrowed or owned)
invested in its operations.
Interest - The term "interest" is used to indicate the rent paid for the use of money. It is also used to
represent the percentage earned by an investment in a productive operation. From the lender's point
of view, the interest is the income produced by the money which he has lent. From the borrower's
point of view, interest is the amount of money paid for the use of borrowed capital. The percentage
of money charge as interest is called as interest rate.
Simple Interest
The interest is said to be simple interest if the interest to be paid is directly proportional to the
length of time the amount or principal is borrowed. The principal is the amount of money
borrowed or invested.
Total interest (I) is computed by the formula:
I = (P) (n) (i) where: P = principal amount lent or borrowed
n = number of interest period (ex. years)
i = interest rate per interest period
The total amount , F to be repaid at the end of N interest period is F = P + I of F = P[1 + (n x i)]

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Sample Problems.
1. Suppose that P1,000 is borrowed at a simple interest rate of 18% per annum. At the end of one
year, the interest would be:
I = (P) (n) (i)
I = 1,000 (1) (0.18) = P 180
2. Michelle invested $5000.00 in mutual fund with the interest rate of 4.8%. How much interest
would she earn after 2 years?
P = $5000.00 ; i= 4.8% ; n= 2
I = (P) (n) (i)
I = ($5000.00)(4.8%)(2) = $480.00
Hence, Michelle would earn $480 after 2 years.
3. Jeff has one savings account with the interest rate of 3.3%, and one money market account with
the interest rate of 5.1% in a bank. If he deposits $1,200.00 to the savings account, and
$1,800.00 to the money market account, how much money will he have after 6 years?
Savings account:
P = $1,200.00
i = 3.3%
n= 6
Money market account:
P = $1,800.00
i = 5.1%
n = 6
I = ($1,200.00) (3.3%) (6)]
I = 237.60
= ($1,800.00)[1+(5.1%)(6)]
= ($1,800.00)(1.306)
= $2,350.80
F = P + I
F = $1,200.00 + 237.60
F = $1,437.60
Total amount:
$1437.60 + $2350.80
= $3,788.40
Hence, Jeff will have $3,788.40 after 6 years.
Compound Interest
 Whenever the interest charge for any interest period is based on the remaining principal amount
plus any accumulated interest chargers up to the beginning of that period, the interest is said to
be compound.
 Compound interest calculations apply to investments where the amount of interest is calculated
on the present balance of the account.
Sample Problem.
For instance, if you invested $100 in a bank with an interest rate of 10% compounded annually
(once per year), then in the first year of your investment you would earn $10. If this were simple
interest, you would continue to earn $10 per year for the period of your investment. However, since
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the first interest period is the same as for simple interest. However, for further interest periods, the
amount of compound interest increases to an amount greater than simple interest.
To illustrate:
Simple Interest Compound Interest
Year 1 $100 * 10% = $10 $100 * 10% = $10
Year 2 $100 * 10% = $10 $110 * 10% = $11
Year 3 $100 * 10% = $10 $121 * 10% = $12.10
Total Interest $30 $33.10
From the illustration above, you can see that under simple interest payments, a yearly sum of $10 is
gained through interest. For each year of the loan period, $10 is earned. However, under
compound interest payments, the yearly interest is added to the principle for the next period. This
has the effect of increasing interest earned each year for the duration of the period (note: in example
above, $33.10 earned from compound interest versus $30 earned from simple interest).
NOTATION AND CASH FLOW DIAGRAMS
Notations used in formulas for compound interest formulas
i = interest rate per interest period
N = number of compounding periods
P = present sum of money; the equivalent worth of one or more cash flows at a
reference point in time called the present
F = future sum of money; the equivalent worth of one or more cash flows at a
reference point in time called the future
A = end-of-period cash flows in a uniform series continuing for a specified number
of periods; starting at the end of the first period and continuing through the
last period
Cash Flow Diagram
 Cash flow is the difference between total cash coming (inflows or cash receipts) and total cash
going out (outflows or cash disbursements) for a given period of time. Cash flow provides a
means for planning the most effective use of your cash.
 A cash flow diagram is a picture of a financial problem that shows all cash inflows and outflows
plotted along a horizontal time line. It is used to visualize cash flow: individual cash flows are
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The cash flow diagram employs several conventions:
1. The horizontal line is a time scale, with progression of time moving from left to right divided
into equal periods such as days, months, or years.
2. The arrows signify cash flows and are placed at the end of the period. Funds that you pay out
such as savings deposits or lease payments are negative cash flows that are represented by
downward arrows Funds that you receive such as proceeds from a mortgage or withdrawals
from a saving account are positive cash flows represented by upward arrows.
3. The cash flow diagram is dependent on the point of view (e.g. lender versus borrower
viewpoint).
Example: You are 40 years old and have accumulated $50,000 in your savings account. You can
add $100 at the end of each month to your account which pays an annual interest rate of 6%
compounded monthly. Will you be able to retire in 20 years?
The time line is divided into 240 monthly periods (20 years times 12 payments per year) since the
payments are made monthly and the interest is also compounded monthly. The $50,000 that you
have now (present value) is a negative cash outflow since you will treat it as though you were just
now depositing it into the account. It is represented with a downward pointing arrow with its base
at the beginning of the first period. The 240 monthly $100 deposits are also negative
outflows represented with downward pointing arrows placed at the end of each period. Finally you
will withdraw some unknown amount (the future value) after 20 years. Represent this
positive inflow with an upward pointing arrow with its base at the very end of the last period.
This diagram was drawn from your point of view. From the bank's point of view, the present value
and the series of deposits are positive cash inflows, and the final withdrawal of the future value will
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N -1 N
N -2
3
2
1
F = Future equivalent (Find)
i = interest rate per period
P = Present equivalent (Given)
Period
INTEREST FORMULAS FOR DISCRETE CASH FLOWS
Single Cash Flows / Payments
Figure shows a cash flow diagram involving a present single sum, P and a future single sum F,
separated by N periods with interest at i% per period. The dashed arrow indicates the quantity to be
determined.
Finding F When Given P
F = P(1 + i)N
The quantity (1+i)N
is commonly called the single payment compound amount factor. The
functional symbol of (1+i)N
is (F/P, i%, N). Therefore the equation can be expressed as
F = P (F/P, i%, N) where the factor in parentheses is read “find F given P at i%
interest per period for N interest periods.”
Problem. Find the compound amount of US$ 1 000 in 4 years at 8% interest compounded annually.
F = P(1 + i)N
F = 1 000 × (1 + 0.08)4
= 1 000 × 1.3605 = US$ 1,360.5
Finding P When Given F
P = F (1 / 1 + i)N
= F(1+i%) -N
The quantity (1+i)-N
is called the single payment present worth factor. The functional
symbol for this factor is (P/F, i%, N). Hence

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P = F (P/F, i%, N)
Problem. How much should be invested now (at present time) at 8% compound interest per year, in
order to receive US$ 1360.5 within 4 years; or what is the present equivalent worth of US$ 1 360.5
to be received four years in the future?
P = 1,360.5 x (1/1+.08)-4
= 1,360.5 × (1/1.3605) = 1 360.5 × 0.73503 = US$ 1,000
Uniform Series
Uniform series mean uniform amount of money, A, occurring at the end of each period for n periods
with interest at i% per period. A uniform series is often called annuity.
Annuity - is a bunch of structured payments or equal payments made regularly, like every month or
every week.
Other assumptions:
1. P (present worth) occurs at one interest period before the first A.
2. F (future worth) occurs at the same time as the last and n interest periods after P.
3. A (annual worth) occurs at the end of periods 1 through N, inclusive.
Figure shows a general cash flow diagram relating uniform series (ordinary annuity) to the present
equivalent and future equivalent values.
Finding F When Given A
(1 + i)N
- 1
F = A
i
The quantity {[(1 + i)N
– 1] / i} is called the uniform series compound amount factor. The
functional symbol for this factor is (F/A, i%, N). Hence,
Perio
d
N -1
N
3
2
1
F = Future equivalent
(FIND)
P = Present equivalent
(FIND)
i = interest rate per period
A
A A A A

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F = A (F/A, i%, N)
Problem. Example: If you deposit $10,000 in a bank every year for 18 years at interest rate 8%.
Then this amount becomes
F = 10,000 x {[(1 + 0.08)18
– 1] / 0.08]} = $374; 502:
What this amount will be if the interest rate is 10%? What if N = 20?
Finding P When Given A
(1 + i)N
- 1
P = A
i(1 + i)N
The equation in bracket is called the uniform series present worth factor. And the functional
symbol for this factor is (P/A, i%, N). Therefore:
P = A (P/A, i%, N)
Problem. If a certain machine undergoes a major overhaul now, its output can be increased by 20%
- which translates into additional cash flow of $20,000 at the end of each year for five years. If i =
15% per year, how much can we afford to invest to overhaul this machine?
P = 20,000 x {[(1 + 0.15)5
– 1] / 0.15 (1 + 0.15)5
= $20,000 (3.3522) = $67,044
Problem. You are running a bank. A customer agrees to pay you $100,000 each year with annual
interest rate of 10% for 5 years. How much money will you lend to him?
P = 100,000 x (P/A, i%, N) = $379,080
Finding A When Given F
i
A = F
(1 + i)N
- 1
This is the relation for finding the amount, A, of a uniform series of cash flows occurring at
the end of N interest periods that would be equivalent to its future equivalent value occurring at the
end of the last period. The quantity in bracket is called the sinking fund factor and the functional
symbol for this factor is (A/F, i%, N). Hence, A = F (A/F, i%, N)
Problem. How much do you need to invest every year in a bank with an interest rate of 8% in
order to yield $1 million in 30 year?
A = 1,000,000 x (A/F, 8%; 30) = $8,827
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Problem. An enterprising student is planning to have personal savings totaling $1,000,000 when she
retires at age 65. She is now 20 years old. If the annual interest rate will average 7% over the next
45 years on her savings account, what equal end-of-year amount must she save to accomplish her
goal.
A = $1,000,000 (A/F, 7%, 45) = $1,000,000 (0.0035)= $3,500
Finding A When Given P
i (1 + i)N
A = P
(1 + i)N
- 1
The quantity in bracket is called the capital recovery factor and the functional symbol for
this factor is (A/P, i%, N). Therefore,
A = P (A/P, i%, N)
Problem. Example: You want to buy an apartment at the price of 4 million Hong Kong dollars. You
will do this with a mortgage from a bank at the annual interest rate 8% for 30 years. What is your
annual payment?
A = 4,000,000 (A/P, 8%, 30) = $355,200
($29,600 per month).
What if the interest rate is 6%?
What if the mortgage is for 20 years? 10 years?
Table 1. Discrete Compounding Interest Factors and Symbols
To
Find:
Given: Factor by which to
multiply “Given”
Factor Name Factor
Functional
Symbol
For Single Cash
Flow
F P (1 + i)N
Single payment compound
amount
(F/P, i%, N)
P F 1 / (1 + i)N
Single payment present worth (P/F, i%, N)
For Uniform series (annuities)
F A [(1 + i)N
– 1] / i Uniform series compound
amount
(F/A, i%, N)
P A [(1 + i)N
– 1] / i(1 +
i)N
Uniform series present worth (P/A, i%, N)
A F i / [(1 + i)N
– 1] Sinking Fund (A/F, i%, N)
A P i(1 + i)N
/ [(1 + i)N
–
1]
Capital recovery (A/P, i%, N)

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Discrete Compounding – it means that the interest is compounded at the end of each finite length
period, such as month or a year. The formulas also assume discrete (lump-sum) cash flows spaced
at the end of equal time intervals of a cash flow diagram.
Deferred Annuities (Uniform Series)
Ordinary Annuity – is one where the equal payments are made at the end of each payment period
starting from the first period.
Deferred Annuity – is one where the payment of the first amount is deferred a certain number of
periods after the first.
If the annuity is deferred J periods (J<N), the entire framed ordinary annuity has been forward from
“time present”, or “time 0”, by J periods. Since the annuity deferred for J periods, the first payment
is made at the end of period (J + 1), assuming that all periods involved are equal in length.
The present equivalent at the end of period J of an annuity with cash flow of amount A is A (P/A,
i%, N-J). The present equivalent of the single amount A (P/A, i%, N-J) as of time 0 will then be
A (P/A, i%, N-J) (P/F, i%, J)
Problem. Suppose that a father, on the day his son is born wishes to determine what lump amount
would have to be paid into an account bearing interest of 12% per year to provide withdrawals of
$2,000 on each of the son‟s 18th
, 19th
, 20th
, and 21st
birthdays.
INTEREST FORMULAS FOR DISCRETE COMPOUNDING AND DISCRETE CASH FLOWS
Time Present
1 J-1 J J+1 J+2 J+3 J+4 N-1 N
0
i = %
2
Period
1 17 18 19 20 21
Po = ?
2
P17 = F17
A = $2,000
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Solution: N = 21 ; J = 17
P17 = A (P/A, 12%, 4) = $2,000 (3.0373) = $6,074.60
P0 = F17(P/F, 12%, 17) = $6,074.60 (0.1456) = $884.46
NOMINAL AND EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATES
Nominal Interest Rate - Nominal means "in name only". This is sometimes called the quoted rate
or basic annual interest. It is the stated rate of interest applied to your investment.
Periodic Rate - The amount of interest you are charged each period, like every month.
Effective interest rate - the actual annual interest rate that accrues, after taking into consideration
the effects of compounding (when compounding occurs more than once per year). The rate that you
actually get charged on an annual basis. Remember you are paying interest on interest.
To illustrate: Consider a principal amount of $1,000 to be invested for three years at a nominal rate
of 12% compounded semi-annually. The interest earned during the first six months would be:
$1,000 x (0.12/2) = $60
The interest earned during the second six months would be
$1,060 x (0.12/2) = 63.60
Then total interest earned during the year is
$60.00 + $63.20 = $123.60
The effective annual interest rate for the entire year is
($123.60 / $1,000) X 100 = 12.36%
The relationship between effective annual interest, i, and nominal interest r, is
i = (1 + r/M)M
– 1 where M is the number of compounding periods per year and r is
expressed in decimal.
Problem: A credit card company charges an interest rate of 1.375 per month on the unpaid balance
of all accounts. The annual interest rate they claim is 12 x 1.375% = 16.5%. What is the effective
rate of interest per year being charged by the company?
i = (1 + 0.165/12)12
– 1
= 0.1781 or 17.81% per year
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Single Amounts
If a nominal interest rate is quoted and the number of compounding periods per year and number of
years are known, any problem involving future amounts, annual, or present equivalent values can be
calculated by straightforward use of equations F = P(1 + i)N
and i = (1 + r/M)M
– 1 respectively.
Problem. Suppose that a $100 lump-sum amount is invested for 10 years at a nominal rate of 6%
compounded quarterly. How much is it worth at the end of the tenth year?
Solution: There are 4 compounding periods per year, or a total of 4 x 10 = 40 periods. The interest
rate per interest period is 6%/4 = 1.5%.
F = P (F/P, 1.5%, 40) = $100.00 (1.015)40
= $100.00 (1.814) = $181.40
Other solution: Using i = (1 + r/M)M
– 1
i = (1 + 6/10)10
– 1 = 6.14%
F = P (F/P, 6.14%, 10) = $100.00 (1.0614)10
= $181.40
Problem. At a certain interest rate compounded semi-annually, P2,000 will amount to 6,500 in 10
years. What is the amount at the end of 15 years?
Solution: Solve first for the interest
For 10 years: F = P (1+i)N
N = 10 (2) = 20 periods
6,500 = 2,000 (1+i)20
3.25 = (1+i)20
3.251/20
= 1+i
1.06 = 1+i
i = 1.06 – 1
i = 0.06 or 6%
For 15 years: F = 2,000 (1.06)30
F = 11,486.98
Uniform Series
Problem. Suppose that one has a bank loan for $10,000, which is to be repaid in equal end-of-month
installments for five years with a nominal interest rate of 12% compounded monthly. What is the
amount of each payment?
Solution: Number of installments = 5 x 12 = 60, interest rate per month is 12%/12 = 1%.
A = P(A/P, 1%, 60) = 10,000 (0.0222) = $222
Problem. A father wishes to provide P4,000 for his son on his 21st
birthday. How much should he
deposit every 6 months in a savings bank which pay 3% compounded semi-annually, if the first
deposit is made when the son is 31/2
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N = 17.5 years (2) = 35 periods i = 3/2 = 1.5%
A = F(A/F, 1.5%, 35) = 4,000 [0.015 / (1+0.015)35
-1]
= 4,000 (0.015/0.684)
= 4,000 (0.022)
= P87.73
Interest Problems With Cash Flows Less Often Than Compounding Periods
Problem. Suppose that there exists a series of 10 end-of-year receipts of $1,000 each, and it is
desired to compute their equivalent worth as one of the tenth year is the nominal interest rate is 12%
compounded quarterly.
Solution. Interest = 12/4 = 3% per quarter, but the uniform series cash flows do not occur at the end
of each quarter.
1st
Procedure: Compute an equivalent cash flow for the time interval that corresponds to the stated
compounding frequency.
A = F(A/F,3%,4)
= $1,000 (0.2390)
= $239 at the end of each quarter is equivalent to $1,000 at the end of each year.
Therefore, the future equivalent at the end of 10th
quarter is: N = 10(4) = 40 periods
F = A(F/A,3%,40)
= $239 (75.4012) = $18,021
2nd
Procedure:
Get the effective interest rate: i = (1+r/M)M
-1 = (1+12/4)4
– 1 = 0.1255 or 12.55%
F = A (F/A, 12.55%,10) = $1,000 (F/A, 12.55, 10) = $18,022

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CHAPTER IV DEPRECIATION
TERMINOLOGIES
Depreciation – is defined as the decrease in the value of a property, such as machinery, equipment,
building or other structure, due to the passage of time. This is due to many reasons, from
deterioration and obsolescence to impending retirement. Depreciation cost depends upon the
physical and economic life of the equipment and its first cost.
Physical life of an equipment is the length of time during which it is capable of performing
the function for which it was designed and manufactured.
Economic life of an equipment is the length of time during which it will operate at a
satisfactory unit.
Basis (or cost basis) is the cost of acquiring an asset (purchase price) including normal costs of
making the asset serviceable. Also referred to as unadjusted cost.
Adjusted (cost) basis refers to changes to the original cost basis of a property caused by various
types of improvements or casualty losses.
VALUE is the present worth (PW) of all the future profits that are to be received though ownership
of a particular property.
Market Value (MV) is what will be paid by a willing buyer to a willing seller for a property
where each has equal advantage and is under no compulsion to buy or sell.
Salvage or residual value (SV) is the price that can be obtained from the sale of the
property after it has been used. It is the best estimate of an asset‟s net market value at the
end of its useful life. If used in depreciation calculations, it is referred to as estimated
salvage (ES), representing an asset‟s terminal value.
Useful life sometimes referred to as depreciable life, is the expected period of time that a
property will be used in a trade or business or to produce income. It is not how long the
property will last but how long the owner expects to productively use it.
Book Value (BV) is the worth of a property as shown on the accounting records of a
company. Ordinarily, it means the original cost of the property less all amounts that have
been charged as depreciation expense.
Scrap Value is the amount the property would sell if disposed off as a junk.
Depreciable property – property for which depreciation is allowed under federal, state or
municipal income tax laws and regulations.
A property is depreciable if it meets all of the following basic requirements:
1. It must be used in business or held to produce income.
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3. It must be something that wears out, decays, gets used up, becomes obsolete or loses
value from natural causes.
4. It is not inventory, stock in trade, or investment property.
Examples of depreciable assets are cars, computers, office furniture, machines, buildings, and
significant additions or improvements (as opposed to repairs) to these kinds of property.
Requirements of a Depreciation Method:
1. It should be simple
2. It should recover capital
3. Ensure that the book value will be reasonably close to the market value at any time
4. The method must be acceptable by the BIR
DEPRECIATION METHODS:
1. Straight-Line (SL) Method
 It is the simplest and most widely used depreciation method.
 It assumes that the loss in value is directly proportional to the age of the property.
 In the straight line method the depreciation base is evenly allocated over the lifetime of the
asset, resulting in equal annual depreciation
 It does not need annuity tables.
 It does not take into account the interest or profit earned on the accumulated depreciation
fund. Likewise O and M cost are disregarded.
N = depreciable life of an asset in years
B = cost basis
dk= annual depreciation reduction in year k (1 ≤ k ≤ N)
BVk= book value at the end of year k
SVN = estimated salvage value at the end of year N
d*k = cumulative depreciation through year k
dk = (B – SVN) / N
d*k = kdk for 1 ≤ k ≤ N
BVk = B – d*k
Sample problem 1. A new electrical saw for cutting small pieces of lumber in a furniture
manufacturing plant has a cost basis of $4,000 and a 10-year depreciable life. The estimated SV of
the saw is zero at the end of 10 years. Determine the annual depreciation amounts using the straight-
line method. Tabulate the annual depreciation amounts and the book value of the saw at the end of
each year.
Sample computation:
dk = (B – SVN) / N = (4,000 – 0) / 10 = $400

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d*5 = kdk = 5 [(4,000 – 0) / 10] = 2,000 or 5 (400) = 2,000
BV5 = B – d*5 = 4,000 - 2,000 = $2,000
The depreciation and book value amounts for each year are shown below.
EOY, k dk BVk
0 - $4,000
1 $400 3,600
2 400 3,200
3 400 2,800
4 400 2,400
5 400 2,000
6 400 1,600
7 400 1,200
8 400 800
9 400 400
10 400 0
2. Declining Balance (DB) Method
 Sometimes called the constant percentage method or the Matheson formula.
 It is assumed that the annual cost of depreciation is a fixed percentage of the BV at the
beginning of the year.
 The ratio of the depreciation is a fixed percentage of the BV at the beginning of the year is
constant throughout the life of the asset and is designated by R (0 ≤ R ≤ 1). In this method,
R = 2/N when a 200% declining balance is being used.
 The annual depreciation charges, different each year, decrease from year to year, greatest
during the 1st
year and least in the last year of life of the property.
 With this method, a property can never depreciate to zero value.
d1 = B (R)
dk = B (1 – R) k-1
(R)
d*k = B [1 – (1-R)k
]
BVk = B(1 – R)k
BVN = B(1 – R)N
Rework with sample problem 1 with the declining balance method when R = 2/N (200%
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Sample computation: with the declining balance method when R = 2/N (200% declining
balance)
R = 2/N = 2 / 10 = 0.20
d6 = 4,000 (1 – 0.20)5
(0.20) = $262.14
d*6 = 4,000 [1 – (1-0.20)6
] = $2,951.42
BV6 = 4,000 (1 – 0.20) 6
= 1,048.58
EOY, k dk BVk
0 - $4,000
1 800.00 3,200.00
2 640.00 2,560.00
3 512.00 2,048.00
4 409.60 1,638.40
5 327.68 1,310.72
6 262.14 1,048.58
7 209.72 838.86
8 167.77 671.09
9 134.22 536.87
10 107.37 429.50
3. Sum-of-the-Years-Digits (SYD) Method
 It provides very rapid depreciation during the early years of life of the property, and
therefore enables faster recovery of capital.
 The basic assumption for this method is that the value of the property decreases at a
decreasing rate.
 To compute:
a) List the digits corresponding to the number for each permissible year of life in
reverse order
b) Determine the sum of these digits
c) For any year, the depreciation factor is the number from the reversed-order listing for
that year divided by sum of the digits.
d) The depreciation deduction for any year is the product of the SYD depreciation
factor that year and the difference between the cost basis (B) and the SVN.
In general, the annual cost of depreciation for any year k, when N equals the depreciable life
of an asset, is:
dk = (B – SVN) x [2 (N – k + 1) / N (N + 1)]
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BVk = B – [2 (B – SVN) / N] k + [(B – SVN) / N (N + 1)] k (k + 1)
And the cumulative depreciation through the kth year is simply
d*k = B - BVk
Using SYD method, rework with sample problem no. 1.
Year
No. of the year
in Reverse
Order
SYD
Depreciation
Factor
1 10 10/55
2 9 9/55
3 8 8/55
4 7 7/55
5 6 6/55
6 5 5/55
7 4 4/55
8 3 3/55
9 2 2/55
10 1 1/55
Sum of the
digits
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Sample computation using SYD Factor:
d4 = 0.1273 (4,000) = 509.09
Sample computation using formulas:
d4 = 4,000 [2(10 – 4 + 1) / 10 (11)] = $ 509.09
BV4 = 4,000 – [2(4,000) / 10] x 4 + [4,000 / 10 (11)] x 4x 5 = 1,527.27
d*4 = 4,000 – 1,527.27 = $2,427.73

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EOY, k dk BVk
0 - $4,000.00
1 $727.27 3,272.73
2 654.55 2,618.18
3 581.82 2,036.36
4 509.09 1,527.27
5 436.36 1,090.91
6 363.64 727.27
7 290.91 436.36
8 218.18 218.18
9 145.45 72.73
10 72.73 0
4. Sinking Fund Method
 This method depreciates an asset as if the firm were to make a series of equal deposits
whose value at the end of the asset‟s useful life just equaled the cost of replacing the asset.
 It is assumed that a sinking fund is established in which funds will accumulate for
replacement purposes and will bear interest.
 The total depreciation which has occurred up to any given time is assumed to equal the
amount in the sinking fund at that time.
If A‟ = sinking fund deposit
C = purchase price of replacement asset – net salvage value of current asset
N = useful life of current asset
i = annual interest rate
then A‟ = C (A/F, i%, N)
The amount in the sinking fund at the end of year k (k = 1,2….N) is the accumulated
depreciation through k, thus:
d*k = A‟ (F/A, i%, k)
= C (A/F, i%, N) (F/A, i%,k)
The depreciation in year k, which includes interest earned at that time, is given as:
dk = d*k – d*k-1
= C (A/F, i%, N) [(F/A, i%,k) - (F/A, i%,k-1)]
The book value, BV, as usual is defined as
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Sample problem 2. A contractor imported a bulldozer for his job, paying P250,000 to the
manufacturer. Freight and insurance charges amounted to P18,000; customs, broker‟s fee, P8,500;
taxes, permits and other expenses, P25,000. If the contractor estimates the life of the bulldozer to be
10 years with a salvage value of P20,000 ,tabulate the annual depreciation amounts and the book
value of the bulldozer at the end of each year using sinking fund formula at 8%.
B = 250,000 + 18,000 + 8,500 + 25,000 = 301,500
SV = 20,000
A‟ = C (A/F, i%, N)
= 301,500 – 20,000 (A/F, 8%, 10)
= 281,500 (0.0690)
= 19,423.50
d*2 = A‟ (F/A, 8%, 2) = 19,423.50 (2.0800) = 40,400.88
d*6 = A‟ (F/A, 8%, 6) = 19,423.50 (7.3359) = 142,488.85
BV6 = B – d*6 = 301,500 - 142,488.85 = 159,011.15
d6 = C (A/F, i%, 10) [(F/A, i%,6) - (F/A, i%,6-1)]
= 19, 423.50 (7.3359 – 5.8666)
= 19, 423.50 (1.4693)
= 28,538.95
or simply: d6 = d*6 – d*5 = 142,488.85 - 113,949.90 = 28,538.95
EOY, k dk d*k BVk
0 - - 301,500.00
1 19,423.50 19,423.50 282,076.50
2 20,977.38 40,400.88 261,099.12
3 22,655.57 63,056.45 238,443.55
4 24,467.78 87,524.23 213,975.77
5 26,425.67 113,949.90 187,550.09
6 28,583.95 142,488.85 159,011.15
7 30,823.15 173,312.00 128,188.00
8 33,288.00 206,600.00 94,900.00
9 35,952.89 242,552.89 58,947.11
10 38,827.59 281,380.48 20,119.52
5. Units-of-Production Method
 This method results in the cost basis (minus final SV) being allocated equally over the
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Depreciation per unit of production = B – SVN / Estimated lifetime production in units
Sample problem 3. A piece of equipment used in a business has a basis of $50,000 and is expected
to have a $10,000 salvage value when replaced after 30,000 hours of use. Find depreciation rate per
hour of use, and find its book after 10,000 hours operation.
Solution:
Depreciation per unit of production = $50,000 – 10,000 / 30,000 = $1.33 per hour
After 10,000 hours, BV = $50,000 - $1.33/hr (10,000 hrs) = $36,700

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CHAPTER V, APPLICATIONS OF MONEY-TIME RELATIONSHIPS
METHODS FOR EVALUATING THE VIABILITY OF A PROPOSED PROJECT
1. THE PRESENT WORTH METHOD
 It is based on the concept of equivalent worth of all cash flows relative to some base or
beginning point in time called the present.
 It is a measure of how much money an individual or a firm could afford to pay for the
investment in excess of its cost.
 The criterion for this method in order that a project be economically feasible is that the
present worth of the net cash flows be equal to or greater than zero (PW ≥ 0) .
 To find the PW as a function of i% of a series of cash receipts and/or expenses, use the
following relationship:
PW (i%) = F0 (1+i)0
+ F1 (1+i)-1
+ F2 (1+i) -2
+ ………+ Fk (1+i) –k
+ ……... FN (1+i) –N
N
= Σ Fk (1+i)-k
k=0
Where i = effective interest rate, or MARR, per compounding period
k = index for each compounding period (0 ≤ k ≥ N)
Fk = future cash flow at the end of period k
N = number of compounding periods in the planning horizon
Sample problem1: An investment of $10,000 can be made that will produce a uniform annual of
$5,500 for five years and then have a market (salvage) value of $2,000. Annual expenses will be
$3,150 each year. The company is willing to accept any project that will earn 10% per year or more,
on all invested capital. Show whether this is a desirable investment by using the PW method.
Solution:
PW Cash Outflows Cash Inflows
Annual revenue: $5,550 (P/A, 10%, 5)
(1.1)5
– 1
P = $5,500 = $5,500 (3.7908)
0.1(1.1)5
Market (salvage) value: $2,000 (P/F,10%,5)
P = $2,000 (1.1)-5
= $2,000 (0.6209)
Investment
Annual Expenses: $3,150 (P/A, 10%, 5)
(1.1)5
– 1
P = $3,150 = $3,150 (3.7908)
0.1(1.1)5
Total PW
-$10,000
-$11,941
-$21,941
$20,849
$1,242
$22,091

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Because total PW (10%) = $150, which is > 0, the project is shown to be marginally acceptable.
Sample problem2: An existing machine in a factory has an annual maintenance cost of P40,000. A
new and more efficient machine will require an investment of P90,000 and is estimated to have a
salvage value of P30,000 at the end of 8 years. Its annual expenses for maintenance and upkeep, etc
total is P22,000. If the company expects to earn 12% on its investment, will it be worthwhile to
purchase the new machine?
Solution:
PW for existing machine: P40,000 (P/A, 12%,8)
= P40,000 (4.9676) = 198,704
PW for new machine: P90,000 + P22,000 (P/A,12%,8) – P30,000 (P/F,12%,8)
P90,000 + P22,000 (4.9676) – P30,000 (0.4038)
P90,000 + 109,287 – 12,114
P187,173
Thus, it will be worthwhile to invest in the new machine.
Sample problem3: A piece of new equipment has been proposed by engineers to increase the
productivity of a certain manual welding operation. The investment cost is $25,000, and the
equipment will have a market value of $5,000 at the end of a study period of five years. Increased
productivity attributable to the equipment will amount to $8,000 per year after extra operating costs
have been subtracted from the revenue generated by the additional production. If the firm‟s MARR
is 20% per year, is this proposal a sound one? Use the PW method.
Solution:
PW = PW of cash inflows – PW of cash outflows
PW (20%) = $8,000 (P/A, 20%, 5) + $5,000 (P/F, 20%, 5) - $25,000
= $8,000 (2.9906) + $5,000 (0.4019) - $25,000
= $23,924.8 + $2009.5 – $25,000
= $934.30
Because PW (20%) > 0, this equipment is economically justified.
$25,000
5
4
3
2
1
$8,000
$8,000 $8,000 $8,000 $8,000
i = 20%/year
$5,000

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1.1 Bond Value
 A bond provides an excellent example of commercial value being the PW of the future net cash
flows that are expected to be received through ownership of an interest-bearing certificate. Thus,
the value of a bond, at any time, is the PW of future cash receipts.
 A bond is a debt instrument requiring the issuer (also called the debtor or borrower) to repay to
the lender/investor the amount borrowed plus interest (coupons) over a specified period of time.
 Owner of the bonds is paid two types of payments by the borrower.
1. the first consists of the series of periodic interest payments he or she will receive until the
bond is retired.
2. when the bond is retired or sold, the bondholder will receive a single payment.
 The PW of the bond is the sum of present worths of these two types of payments at the bond‟s
yield rate (i%):
VN = C (P/F, i%, N) + rZ (P/A, i%, N)
Sam
ple
Prob
lem4
: A
bond
with
a face value of $5,000 pays interests of 8% per year. This bond will be redeemed at par value at the
end of its 20-year life, and the first interest payment is due one year from now. How much should
be paid now for this bond in order to receive a yield of 10% per year on the investment?
N = 20 years
r = 8% per year
Z = C = $5,000
i% = 10% per year
VN = $5,000 (P/F, 10%, 20) + $5,000 (0.08) (P/A, 10%, 20)
= $5,000 (0.1486) + $400 (8.5136)
= $743 + $3,405.44
= $4,148.44
Sample Problem5: A certain U.S. Treasury bond that matures in eight years has a face value of
$10,000. This means that the bondholder will receives $10,000 cash when the bond‟s maturity date
is reached. The bond stipulates a fixed nominal interest rate of 8% per year, but interest payments
are made to the bondholder every three months; therefore each payment amounts to 2% of the face
value.
A prospective buyer of this bond would like to earn 10% nominal interest (compounded
quarterly) per year on his or her investment. How much should this buyer be willing to pay for the
bond?
r = 2% per quarter
Where: Z = face, or par value
C = redemption or disposal price (usually equal to Z)
r = bond rate (nominal interest) per interest period
N = number of periods before redemption
i% = bond yield rate per period
VN = value (price) of the bond N interest periods prior to redemption – this is a
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i% = 10%/4 = 2.5% per quarter
N = 8 (4) = 32 quarters
C = Z = $10,000
VN = $10,000 (0.02) (P/A, 2.5%, 32) + $10,000 (P/F, 2.5%, 32)
= $200 (21.8492) + $10,000 (0.4537)
= $4,369.83 + $4,537.71
= $8,907.54
2. THE FUTURE WORTH METHOD
 It is based on the equivalent worth of all cash inflows and outflows at the end of the
planning horizon (study period) at an interest rate generally the MARR.
 All cash inflows and outflows are compounded forward to a reference point in time called
the future.
 Criterion: A project is feasible if FW ≥ 0
 To determine the future worth of a project, the following relationship is used:
FW (i%) = F0 (1+i)N
+ F1 (1+i)N-1
+ ……... + FN (1+i) 0
N
= Σ Fk (1+i)N-k
k=0
Sample problem1: (Same problem in PW). An investment of $10,000 can be made that will produce
a uniform annual of $5,500 for five years and then have a market (salvage) value of $2,000. Annual
expenses will be $3,150 each year. The company is willing to accept any project that will earn 10%
per year or more, on all invested capital. Show whether this is a desirable investment by using the
FW method.
Solution:
FW (10%) = -10,000 (F/P,10%,5) + 2,350 (F/A, 10%,5) + 2,000
= -10,000 (1.6105) + 2,350 (6.1051) + 2,000
= -16,105 + 14,347 + 2,000
= 242
Since FW (10%) > 0, it is a good project.
Sample problem2: (Same problem in PW) A piece of new equipment has been proposed by
engineers to increase the productivity of a certain manual welding operation. The investment cost is
$25,000, and the equipment will have a market value of $5,000 at the end of a study period of five
years. Increased productivity attributable to the equipment will amount to $8,000 per year after
extra operating costs have been subtracted from the revenue generated by the additional production.
If the firm‟s MARR is 20% per year, is this proposal a sound one? Use the FW method.
FW (20%) = -$25,000 (F/P,20%,5) + $8,000 (F/A, 20%,5) + $5,000
= - $25,000 (2.4883) + $8,000 (7.4416) + $5,000
= -$62,207.5 + $59,532.8 + $5,000
= $2,325.3

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Since FW (20%) > 0, it is a good project.
3. THE ANNUAL WORTH METHOD
 The AW of a project is an equal annual series of dollar amounts, for a stated study period,
that is equivalent to the cash inflows and outflows at an interest rate that is generally the
MARR.
 The AW is the annual equivalent revenues (or savings), R, minus annual equivalent
expenses, E, less its annual equivalent capital recovery cost, CR.
 Criterion: A project is acceptable if AW ≥ 0
 AW is calculated as follows:
AW (i%) = R – E – CR(i%)
 The Capital Recovery (CR) amount for a project is the equivalent uniform annual cost of the
capital invested. It is an annual amount that covers the following items:
1. Loss in value of the asset
2. Interest on invested capital (i.e., at the MARR)
CR is computed with i = MARR using the following:
CR (i%) = I (A/P, i%, N) – S (A/F, i%, N)
where I = initial investment for the project
S = salvage (residual) value at the end of the study period
N = project study period
As an example, consider a machine or other asset that will cost $10,000, last five years, and
have a salvage (market) value of $2,000. The MARR is 10% per year. The CR amount is:
CR (10%) = $10,000 (A/P, 10%,5) - $2,000 (A/F, 10%, 5)
= $10,000 (0.2638) - $2,000 (0.1638)
= $2,638 - $328
= $2,310
Sample problem1: (Same problem in PW and FW) A piece of new equipment has been proposed by
engineers to increase the productivity of a certain manual welding operation. The investment cost is
$25,000, and the equipment will have a market value of $5,000 at the end of a study period of five
years. Increased productivity attributable to the equipment will amount to $8,000 per year after
extra operating costs have been subtracted from the revenue generated by the additional production.
If the firm‟s MARR is 20% per year, is this proposal a sound one? Use the AW method.
$25,000
5
4
3
2
1
$8,000
$8,000 $8,000 $8,000 $8,000
i = 20%/year
$5,000

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Solution:
AW (20%) = R – E – CR
= $8,000 – [$25,000 (A/P,20%,5) - $5,000 (A/F,20%,5)]
= $8,000 – [$25,000 (0.3344) - $5,000 (0.1344)]
= $8,000 – ($8360 – $672)
= $8,000 – $7,688
= $312
AW (20%) is positive, the equipment more than pays for itself over a period of five years
while earning a 20% return per year on the unrecovered investment.
4. THE INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (IRR) METHOD
 It is the most widely used rate of return method for performing engineering economic
analysis.
 Also known as investor’s method, discounted cash flow method, and probability index.
 This involves solving for the interest rate, termed internal rate of return (IRR), that equates
the equivalent worth of an alternative‟s cash inflows (receipts or savings) to the equivalent
worth of cash outflows (expenditures, including investments costs).
 IRR can be defined also as the interest rate that reduces the present worth amount of a series
of receipts and disbursements to zero.
 Criterion: A project is acceptable if i' ≥ MARR
 By using a PW formulation, IRR is the i% at which
N N
Σ Rk (P/F,i‟%,k) = Σ Ek (P/F,i‟%,k) where: Rk = net revenues for the kth year
k=0 k=0
Ek = net expenditures including any
investments
costs for the kth year
N = project life (or study period)
 In computing the IRR for an alternative is to determine the i‟% at which the net PW is zero.
N N
PW = Σ Rk (P/F,i‟%,k) - Σ Ek (P/F,i‟%,k) = 0
k=0 k=0
 Using PW = 0, FW = 0 or AW = 0 normally involves trial and error calculations until the
i‟% is converged upon or can be interpolated.
Sample problem1: (Same problem in PW and FW) An investment of $10,000 can be made that will
produce a uniform annual of $5,500 for five years and then have a market (salvage) value of $2,000.
Annual expenses will be $3,150 each year. The company is willing to accept any project that will
earn 10% per year or more, on all invested capital. Determine whether it is acceptable by using the
IRR method.
Solution: Notice that the sum of positive cash flows (13,750) exceeds the sum of negative cash
flows ($10,000), so a positive value of i‟% can be determined.

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PW = 0 = -10,000 + (5,500 – 3150) (P/A, i‟%,5) + 2,000 (P/F, i‟%,5)
At i‟% = 5%: PW = - 10,000 + 2,350 (4.3295) + 2,000 (0.7835) = 1,741
At i‟% = 15%: PW = - 10,000 + 2,350 (3.3522) + 2,000 (0.4972) = -1,128
15% -5% = i‟% -5% = i‟ = 11.07%
$1,741 – (-$1,128) $1,741 - $0
Since i’ > MARR (10%), the project is feasible.
Sample problem2: A piece of new equipment has been proposed by engineers to increase the
have been subtracted from the revenue generated by the additional production. Evaluate the IRR of
the proposed equipment. Is the investment a good one? Recall that the MARR is 20% per year.
PW = 0 = $8,000 (P/A, i‟%,5) + $5,000 (P/F, i‟%,5) – $25,000
At i‟% = 25% = $8,000 (P/A, 25%,5) + $5,000 (P/F, 25%,5) – $25,000
= $8,000 (2.6893) + $5,000 (0.3277) – $25,000
= $21,514.4 + $1,638.5 - $25,000
= -1,847.1
At i‟% = 20% = $8,000 (P/A, 20%,5) + $5,000 (P/F, 20%,5) – $25,000
= $8,000 (2.9906) + $5,000 (0.4019) – $25,000
= $23,924.8 + $2,009.5 - $25,000
= 934.3
25% -20% = i‟% -20% = i‟ = 21.7%
934.3 – (-1,847.1) $934.3 - $0
Since i’ < MARR (20%), the project is not feasible.
Sample problem3: A project is estimated to cost P100,000, lasts 8 years and have a P10,000 salvage
value. The annual gross income is expected to average P24,000 and annual expenses, excluding
depreciation will total P6,000. If capital is earning 10% before income taxes, determine is this a
desirable investment using the IRR Method.
PW = 0 = 24,000 (P/A, i‟%,8) + 10,000 (P/F, i‟%,8) – 100,000
At i‟% = 10% = 18,000 (P/A, 10%,8) + 10,000 (P/F, 10%,8) – 100,000
= 18,000 (5.3349) + 10,000 (0.4665) – 100,000
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= 693.2
At i% = 12% = 18,000 (P/A, 12%,8) + 10,000 (P/F, 12%,8) – 100,000
= 18,000 (4.9676) + 10,000 (0.4039) – 100,000
= 89,416.8 + 4,039 – 100,000
= -6,544.2
x = 693.2 = x = 0.19
2 639.2–(- 6,544.2)
10% + 0.19 = 10.19%
The project is feasible.
5. THE EXTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (ERR) METHOD
 It directly takes into account the interest rate (ε) external to a project at which net cash flows
generated (or required) by the project over its life can be reinvested (or borrowed).
 If the ERR, which is usually the firm‟s MARR, happens to equal the project‟s IRR, then the
ERR method produces results identical to those of the IRR method.
 Three steps used in calculating procedure:
1. All net cash outflows are discounted to time 0 (the present) at ε% per compounding
period.
2. All net cash inflows are compounded to period N at ε%.
3. The external rate of return, which is the interest rate that establishes between the two
quantities, is determined.
N N
Σ Ek (P/F, ε%,k) (F/P, i‟%, N) = Σ Rk (F/P, ε%,N-k)
k=0 k=0
where Rk = excess of receipts over expenses in period k
Ek = excess of expenditures over receipts in period k
N = project life or number of periods for the study
ε = external investment rate per period
 A project is acceptable when i‟% of the ERR method is greater than or equal to the firm‟s
MARR.
 Advantage over IRR : it can be solved directly.
Sample Problem 1. A piece of new equipment has been proposed by engineers to increase the
have been subtracted from the revenue generated by the additional production. Suppose that ε =
MARR = 20% per year. What is the alternative‟s external rate of return, and is the alternative
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Solution:
$25,000 (F/P, i‟%, 5) = $8,000 (F/A, 20%, 5) + $5,000
$25,000 (F/P, i‟%, 5) = $8,000 (7.4416) + $5,000
$25,000 (F/P, i‟%, 5) = $64,532.80
(F/P, i‟%, 5) = $64,532.80 / $25,000
(F/P, i‟%, 5) = 2.5813
(1 + i‟%)5
= 2.5813
i‟% = 2.5813 1/5
– 1
i‟% = 20.88%
because i‟ > MARR, the alternative is barely justified.
Sample Problem 2. When ε = 15% and MARR = 20% per year, determine whether the project
whose total cash flow diagram appears below is acceptable. Notice in this example that the use of
an ε% different from the MARR is illustrated. This might occur if, for some reason, part or all of the
funds related to a project are “handled” outside the firm‟s normal capital structure.
Solution:
E0 = $10,000 (k =0)
E1 = $5,000 (k=1)
Rk = $5,000 for k = 2,3,…,6
[$10,000 + $5,000 (P/F, 15%,1)] (F/P, i‟%, 6) = $5,000 (F/A,15%,5)
[$10,000 + $5,000 (0.8696)] (1+i‟%)6
= $5,000 (6.7424)
[$10,000 + $4,348] (1+i‟%)6
= $33,712
$14,348 (1+i‟%)6
= $33,712
(1+i‟%)6
= $33,712 / $14,348
(1+i‟%)6
= 2.35
(1+i‟%) = 2.351/6
(1+i‟%) = 1.15
i‟% = 1.15 – 1
i‟% = 0.15 = 15%
The i‟% is less than MARR = 20%; therefore, this project would be unacceptable acceptable
according to the ERR method.
$10,000
5
4
3
2
1
$6,000
$6,000 $6,000 $6,000
6
$6,000
$5,000
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000

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6. THE PAYBACK (PAY-OUT) PERIOD
 Often called the simple payout period, mainly indicates a project‟s liquidity rater than its
profitability.
 The payback method calculates the number of years required for cash inflows to just equal
cash outflows.
 The simplest payback period is the smallest value of θ (θ ≤ N) for which this relationship is
satisfied under our normal end-of-year cash flow convention.
 For a project where all capital investment occurs at time 0:
θ
Σ (Rk - Ek) – I ≥ 0
k=0
 The simplest payback period ignores the time value of money and all cash flows that occur
after θ.
Sample Problem:
A piece of new equipment has been proposed by engineers to increase the
equipment will have a market value of $5,000 at the end of a study period of five years.
Increased productivity attributable to the equipment will amount to $8,000 per year after
extra operating costs have been subtracted from the revenue generated by the additional
production. If the firm‟s MARR is 20% per year, calculate the simple payback period.
Calculation of the simple payback period (θ)
Year k Net Cash Flow Cumulative PW at I
= 0%/yr trough Year
k
0 -$25,000 -$25,000
1 8,000 -17,000
2 8,000 -9,000
3 8,000 -1,000
4 8,000 +7,000
5 13,000 +20,000
 The discounted payback period, θ‟ (θ‟ ≤ N), is calculated so that the time value of money is
considered:
θ‟
Σ (Rk - Ek) (P/F, i%,k) – I ≥ 0 where i = is the MARR
k=1
I = is the capital investment
θ‟ = smallest payback period
Θ = 4 years because the
cumulative balance turns positive
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Calculation of the discounted payback period (θ)
Year k Present worth of
cash flow at
i=20%/yr
Cumulative PW at
MARR = 20%/yr
through Year k
0 -$25,000 -$25,000
1 6,667 -18,333
2 5,556 -12,777
3 4,630 -8,147
4 3,858 -4,289
5 5,223 +934
THE BENEFIT-COST RATIO METHOD
 Benefit-cost analysis is a systematic method of assessing the desirability of government projects
or policies when it is important to take a long view of future effects and a broad view of possible
side effects.
 Involves the calculation of a ratio of benefits to costs.
 The B/C ratio is actually a ratio of discounted benefits to discounted costs.
 For over 60 years, the B/C ratio method has been the accepted procedure for making go/no-go
decisions on independent projects and for comparing alternative projects in the public sector.
 The B/C ratio is defined as the ratio of the equivalent worth measure applied can be present
worth, annual worth, or future worth.
 It is also known as Savings-Investment Ratio (SIR) by some governmental agencies.
 A project is desirable or acceptable when the B/C ratio is greater than or equal to 1.0.
Conventional B/C ratio with PW
B/C = PW (benefits of the proposed project) = PW (B)
PW (total costs of the proposed project) I + PW (O &M)
Where: PW = present worth
B = benefits of the proposed project
I = initial investment in the proposed projects
O&M = operating and maintenance costs of the proposed project
Modified B/C ratio with PW
B/C = PW (B) – PW (O&M)
I
Conventional B/C ratio with AW
B/C = AW (benefits of the proposed project) = AW (B)
AW (total costs of the proposed project) CR + AW (O &M)
Θ’ = 5 years because the
cumulative discounted balance
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Where: AW = annual worth
B = benefits of the proposed project
CR = capital recovery amount (i.e., the equivalent annual cost of the initial
investment, I, including an allowance for salvage value, if any.)
O&M = operating and maintenance costs of the proposed project
Modified B/C ratio with AW
B/C = AW (B) – AW (O&M)
CR
Conventional B/C ratio with PW, Salvage value (S) included
B/C = PW (benefits of the proposed project) = PW (B)
PW (total costs of the proposed project) I – PW (S) + PW (O &M)
Modified B/C ratio with PW, Salvage value (S) included
B/C = PW (B) – PW (O&M)
I – PW (S)
Sample Problem 1. The city of Bugtussle is considering extending the runways of its Municipal
Airport so that commercial jets can use the facility. The land necessary for the runway extension is
currently farmland, which can be purchased for $350,000. Construction costs for the runway
extension are projected to be $600,000, and the additional annual maintenance costs for the
extension are estimated to be $22,500. If the runways are extended, a small terminal will be
constructed at a cost of $250,000. The annual operating and maintenance costs for the terminal are
estimated at $75,000. Finally, the projected increase in flights will require the addition of 2 air
traffic controllers, at an annual costs of $100,000. Annual benefits of the runway extension have
been estimated as follows:
$325,000 rental receipts from airlines leasing space at the facility
$ 65,000 airport tax charged to passengers
$ 50,000 convenience benefit for residents of Bugtussle
$ 50,000 additional tourism dollars of Bugtussle
Apply the B/C ratio method with a study period of 20 years and a nominal interest rate of 10% per
year to determine whether the runways at Bugtussle Municipal Airport should be extended.
Solution:
Conventional B/C: B/C = PW (B) / [I + PW (O&M)]
B/C = $490,000 (P/A,10%,20) / [$1,200,000 + $197,500 (P/A, 10%, 20)
B/C = $490,000 (8.5136) / [$1,200,000 + $197,500 (8.5136)
B/C = $4,171,664 / ($1,200,000 + $1,681,436)
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B/C = 1.45
Modified B/C: B/C = [PW (B) – PW (O&M)] / I
B/C = $490,000 (P/A,10%,20) - $197,500 (P/A, 10%, 20) / $1,200,000
B/C = $4,171,664 - $1,681,436 / $1,200,000
B/C = 2.08
Conventional B/C: B/C = AW (B) / [CR + AW (O&M)] ; CR (i%) = I (A/P, i%, N) – S (A/F, i%,
N)
B/C = $490,000 / [$1,200,000 (A/P, 10%, 20) + $197,000]
B/C = $490,000 / [$1,200,000 (0.1175) + $197,000]
B/C = $490,000 / $141,000 + $197,000
B/C = $490,000 / $338,000
B/C = 1.45
Modified B/C: B/C = [AW (B) - AW (O&M)] / CR ; CR (i%) = I (A/P, i%, N) – S
(A/F, i%, N)
B/C = $490,000 - $197,000 / [$1,200,000 (A/P, 10%, 20)
B/C = $293,000 / $141,000
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CHAPTER VI COMPARING ALTERNATIVES
BASIC CONCEPTS FOR COMPARING ALTERNATIVES
 Alternatives are called mutually exclusive when the selection of one feasible method or
alternative excludes the consideration of any other alternative.
 An engineering economy study must be performed to determine which one to choose among
mutually exclusive alternatives and how much capital to invest because of different levels of
investment produce varying economic outcomes.
 If the extra benefits obtained by investing additional capital are better than those that could be
obtained from investment of the same capital elsewhere in the company at the MARR, the
investment should be made. If this is not the case, we obviously would not invest more than the
minimum amount of capital required, including the possibility of nothing at all. Stated simply,
our rule will keep as much as possible invested at a rate of return equal to or greater than the
MARR.
Case 1. Useful lives are the same for all alternatives and equal to the study period.
 The most straightforward technique for comparing mutually exclusive alternatives when all
useful lives are equal to the study period is to determine the equivalent worth of each alternative
based on total investment at i = MARR. Then for investment alternatives, the one with the
greatest positive equivalent worth is selected. And in the case of cost alternatives, the one with
the least negative equivalent worth is selected.
1st
example involves an investment project situation:
Alternatives A and B are two mutually exclusive investment alternatives with estimated net cash
flows as shown. Useful life of each alternative is 4 years. The MARR = 10% per year.
Investment alternatives are those with initial (or front-end) capital investments that produce cash
flows from increased revenue, savings through reduced costs, or both.
Alternative
A B
Capital investment -$60,000 -$73,000
Annual revenues less expenses 22,000 26,225
The PW values are:
PW (10%)A = -$60,000 + $22,000 (P/A,10%,4) = $9,738
PW (10%)B = -$73,000 + $26,000 (P/A, 10%, 4) = $10,131
Rule 1. When revenues and other economic benefits are present and vary among the alternatives,
choose the alternative that maximizes overall profitability. That is select the alternative that has
the greatest positive equivalent worth at i = MARR and satisfies all project requirements.
Rule 2. When revenues and other economic benefits are not present or are constant among the
alternatives, consider only the costs and select the alternative that minimizes total cost. That is
select the alternative that has the least negative equivalent worth at i = MARR and satisfies all
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Since the PWA is > 0 at i=MARR, it is the base alternative and would be selected unless the
additional capital associated with Alternative B is justified. In this case, Alternative B is
preferred because it has a greater PW value.
The extra benefits obtained by investing the additional $13,000 of capital in B, have a present
worth of:
$10,131 - $9,738 = $393
That is, PW (10%)diff = -$13,000 + $4,225 (P/A, 10%, 4) = $393
And the additional capital invested in B is justified.
2nd
example involves a cost project situation:
Alternatives C and D are two mutually exclusive cost alternatives with estimated net cash flows
as shown over a three-year life. MARR at 10% per year. Cost alternatives are those with all
negative cash flows except for a possible positive cash flow element from disposal of assets at
the end of the projects‟ useful life. It occurs when the organization must take some action and
the decision involves the most economical way of doing it (e.g. the addition of environmental
control capability to meet new regulatory requirements).
End of Year
Alternative
C D
0 -$380,000 -$415,000
1 -$38,100 -$27,400
2 -$39,100 -$27,400
3 -$40,100 -$27,400
3a
0 $26,000
a
Market Value
At MARR = 10% per year
$60,00
4
3
2
1
A = $22,000
Alternativ
$73,00
4
3
2
1
A = $26,225
Alternativ
$13,000
4
3
2
1
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PW (10%) C = - $477,077
PW (10%) D = - 463,607
Alternative D is preferred to C because it has the lesser PW of costs. Hence the lower
annual expenses obtained by investing the additional $35,000 of capital in Alternative D has a
present worth of - 463,607 – (- $477,077) = $13,470. Therefore, the additional capital
invested in Alternative D is justified.
Case 2. Useful lives are different among alternatives and at least one do not match the study
period.
 When the useful lives of mutually exclusive alternatives are different, the repeatability
assumption and co-terminated assumption maybe used.
The repeatability assumption involves two main conditions:
1. The study period over which the alternatives are being compared is either indefinitely long
or equal to a common multiple of the lives of the alternatives.
2. The economic consequences that are estimated to happen in an alternative‟s initial useful life
span will also happen in all succeeding life spans (replacements)
The co-terminated assumption uses a finite (limited) and identical study period for all
alternatives. This planning horizon, combined with appropriate adjustments to the estimated
cash flows, puts the alternatives on a common and comparable basis.
Guidelines:
1. Useful life < Study period
a. Cost alternatives: contracting for the service or leasing the needed equipment for the
remaining years maybe appropriate or repeat part of the useful life of the original
alternative, and then use an estimated market value to truncate it at the end of the study
period.
b. Investment alternatives: Assumption used here is that all cash flows will be reinvested in
other opportunities available to the firm at the MARR to the end of the study period.
2. Useful life > Study period: The most common technique is to truncate the alternative at the
end of the study period using an estimated market value, that the disposable assets will be
sold at the end of the study period at that value.
Sample Problem. The following data have been estimated for two mutually exclusive investment
alternatives, A and B, associated with a small engineering project for which revenues as well as
expenses are involved. They have useful lives of four and six years, respectively. If the MARR =
10% per year, show which alternative is more desirable by using equivalent worth methods. Use the
repeatability assumption.
A B
Capital investment -3,500 -5,000
Annual revenue 1,900 2,500
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Useful life (years) 4 6
Market value at end of useful life 0 0
Solution:
LCM = 12 years
Alt. A.
PW (10%) = -3,500 – 3,500 [(P/F, 10%, 4) + (P/F, 10%, 8)] + (1,900 – 645) (P/A, 10%, 12)
= $1,028
Alt. B.
PW (10%) = -5,000 – 5,000 (P/F, 10%, 6) + (2,500 – 1,020) (P/A, 10%, 12)
= $2,262
Based on the PW method we would select Alternative B because it has the larger value.
Suppose that the above problem is modified such that an analysis period of 6 years is used (co-
terminated assumption) instead of 12 years.
Solution: Use the FW to analyze the situation.
Alt. A.
FW (10%) = [-3,500 (F/P, 10%, 4) + (1,900 – 645) (F/A, 10%, 4)] (F/P, 10%, 2)
= $847
Alt. B.
FW (10%) = -5,000 (F/P, 10%, 6) + (2,500 – 1,020) (F/A, 10%, 6)
= $2,561
Based on the FW of each alternative at the end of the six-year stuffy period, we would select Alt. B
because it has the larger value.
Imputed Market Value Technique
 Obtaining a current estimate from the marketplace for a piece of equipment or another type of
asset is the preferred procedure in engineering practice when a market value at time T < useful
life is required.
 The imputed market value technique is sometimes called the implied market value.
 It is calculated based on the sum of two parts as follows:
MVT = [PW at the end of year T of remaining capital recovery amounts] + [PW at the end of
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Sample Problem. A piece of production equipment is to be replaced immediately because it no
longer meets quality requirements for the end product. The two best alternatives are a used piece of
equipment (E1) and a new automated model (E2). Select the preferred alternative with a 5 year
study period using the imputed market value technique. The MARR is 15% per year. Select the best
alternative using n= 5 years.
Alternative
E1 E2
Capital investment -$14,000 -$65,000
Annual expenses -14,000 -9,000
Useful life (years) 5 20
Market value at end of useful
life
8,000 13,000
Solution:
For Alt. 1
PW = -14,000 – 14,000 (P/A, 15%, 5) + 8,000 (P/F, 15%, 5)
= -14,000 – 14,000 (3.3522) + 8,000 (0.4972)
= -14,000 – 46,930.8 + 3,977.60
= -56,953.2
For Alt. 2
MV5 = [ 65,000 (A/P, 15%, 20) – 13,000 (A/F, 15%, 20)] (P/A, 15%, 15)
+ 13,000 (P/F, 15%, 15)
= [ 65,000 (0.1598) – 13,000 (0.0098)] (5.8474)
+ 13,000 (0.1229)
= (10,387 – 127.4) (5.8474) + 1,597.70
= 59,991.98 + 1,597.70
= 61,589.69
PW = -65,000 – 9,000 (P/A, 15%, 5) + 61.589.69 (P/F, 15%, 5)
= -65,000 – 9,000 (3.3522) + 61.589.69 (0.4972)
= -65,000 – 30,169.80 + 30,622.39
= -64,547.41
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CHAPTER VII. THE FEASIBILITY STUDY
INTRODUCTION
Many years ago, starting, operating and expanding a business was relatively easy than it is
today. Business in the past generally involved a smaller amount of capital and started even without
an exhaustive investigation regarding its viability. It is mainly, for this reason, why a large number
of business projects did not succeed.
Nowadays, business undertakings involved bigger amounts of capital investors are more
careful in their investments. So it is not unusual, if, there is an investment or what is known in the
financial parlance as the ROI.
Prudence dictates that in the order to minimize risk and to ascertain that a specific project, a
thorough study must be first be undertaken. As soon as it is certain that a specific project could be
carried out profitability, it is only then that it could be implemented (Ditablan, 1993).
The Nature of Feasibility Studies (Muro, V. 1989)
A project feasibility study sometimes called a project study or feasibility study is an
investigation, which ascertains the viability of an undertaking. The undertaking may be new or
proposed venture, or existing enterprise. The enterprise may or may not have an expansion program.
A feasibility study is often times a basic requirement for securing a financing or government
assistance. Its real objective is to guide project promoters, business promoters, managers, and
financial executives in determining the actions they must take on a project in order to bring about its
successful operation.
The preparation of a project study involves the following,
1. The collection of data (through research) which are relevant to all aspects of the
undertaking.
2. The analyses of the collected data; and
3. The formulation of recommendations, based on the analyses.
PARTS OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY
There are generally five major components of a project feasibility study, namely: Marketing,
Technical, Management, Financial and Social Desirability.
Market Study
Generally, investors‟ are attracted to invest in a business project with a minimal risk and a
higher rate of return on investments. However, the major consideration is whether there is an ample
demand of the product being produced or proposed to produce. If ample demand exists, find out, if
the current producers meet this. In other words, it is first determined whether, there is a substantial
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discovered that there is not enough demand for the product or new demand can be created, then, the
project must be abandoned.
On the other hand, if the findings indicate that there is a sufficient demand for the product,
then investigate the competitive position of the firm in the industry. Here, information on the
prevailing prices of the product is gathered and scrutinized. The prices to be adopted for the project
and the quality of the product relative to the product of the current and potential producers are also
carefully studied. After which the examination of the marketing program follows. The present
marketing practices of the competitors, selling organization, terms of sales, channels of distribution,
location of sales outlets, transportation and storing facilities and other information relative thereto
are also taken into account.
Finally, conclusions are drawn from the study. These specifically identify whether there is
an adequate demand for the product and that the project shall enjoy competitive marketing position.
Technical Study
This aspect identifies whether the project could be produced at the highest possible quantity
level with a minimum cost. In a manufacturing firm, the items that are taken into consideration are
the product itself, the manufacturing process, plant size and production schedule, machinery, plant
location and layout, structure, raw materials, utilities, waste disposal and other information deemed
necessary in determining technical feasibility.
The composition of the product specifically relating to physical, mechanical and chemical
properties is described. This also includes the use of the product.
A very important item in the technical study is the manufacturing process, where the
detailed flow-charts indicating materials and energy requirement at each step, and the normal
duration of the process are taken into account. In addition, the processes used by the competitors
and the process o a combination of processes to be adopted are looked into.
The production capacity of the plant, the number of days the project shall operate per year,
the factors determining the plant size and the unexpected attainable yearly production are
considered.
Another relevant information of the machinery number, specification, rated capacities of
major machinery‟s, prices of equipment, and balancing of capacities of each major and auxiliary
equipment, availability of spare parts and repair services, including the quotation from suppliers,
machinery guarantees, delivery, terms of payments and other arrangements.
Plant location and layout should likewise be considered and studied. Here, it is determined
whether the location is desirable in terms of distance to source of raw materials and markets and the
other factors. The effect of layout in materials flow and treatment of materials handling and storage
including provisions of expansion are taken up. Corollary to this, are the structures to be constructed
or rented including the improvements to be done such as roads, drainage facilities and their
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Facts concerning raw materials are similarly significant. Raw materials are described
specifically relating to their physical, mechanical, and chemical properties. Also considered are the
alternative raw materials, availability, combination, current and prospective sources and costs.
Finally, utilities and waste disposal are taken into account indicating specific utilities like
electricity, fuel, water, supplies and their respective uses, quantity required, balances, availability of
sources and costs.
Management Study
Basically, the objective of the feasibility study is to determine the appropriate business
organization, the people who will be involved both before and during the operating periods of the
enterprise, and then functions.
This answer how the project shall be managed before and during the operating periods,
pointing out the firms of persons involved or to be involved in studying the different aspects of the
project the type of business organization, organizational chart and function of each unit
management personnel, skills and members of labor required specifying the duties and time to be
devoted to the project, qualifications, compensations, fringe benefits and facilities.
The recruitment and training programs of personnel as well as the status and timetable of the
project are taken into consideration.
Actually, the studies on the plant capacity and location are not purely engineering in nature.
For instance, a small or slow-growing market may limit the rated capacity. On the other hand, the
location may have to be near the source of materials and also to the market centers.
Financial Study
This portion determines the profitability level of the project which is generally defined as
the relationship of the net income after taxes to the total investment. It is largely based on the
availability opportunity cost in particular period of time, and place.
The financial study also involves a thorough coverage of all the monetary information of the
enterprise. It covers detailed information of the total project cost, initial capital requirements,
sources of financing, financial statements and financial analysis.
Included in the total project cost and the initial capital requirements, are all the items
considered and the assumptions made.
Identification of sources of financing is likewise an essential element of the feasibility study
indicating the currency, security, repayment period, interest and other features. This also show the
status of financing from each source relating to actual release already made, application already
approved, applications pending and applications still to be made including information on how to
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The financial health of the business is assessed in the financial statements and the analysis
showing the three important accounting statements such as income, cash flow and the balance
sheets. Pertinent financial ratios are also illustrated describing the over-all firm liquidity, degree of
indebtedness and profitability. Additional information are also provided such as break-even outputs,
sales and prices, amount of sales required to earn a certain amount of profit and the cash payback
period.
Financing Aspects. The cash requirements and financing leverage of the firm on one hand,
and the investment policies of financial institutions on the other hand, should be thoroughly
weighed. The purpose of thus is to obtained adequate financing on the most reasonable terms.
Financial Projections/Estimates. The selection of the management, marketing, technical,
and financing specifications is based on mainly on their effects on the profitability and cash
estimates, which are covered in the financial projections.
Profitability is the relationship between the capital required to be invested in the project and
the profit, which can be generated by such project. For a project that is has an investment of
500,000 and expected to generate an annual profit of 100,000 – the rate of return on investments
(ROI) is 500,000/100,000 or 20%. The ROI correlates two sets of figures- the investment required
by the project and the series of cash, which the project generates.
Socio-economic Study
The may be classified as a government or a private project. To a government project, socio-
economic desirability is given first importance and profitability only comes secondary. As such,
feasibility means socio-economic desirability.
The private entity on the other hand, ha reserved priority, that is, profitability comes first
and socio-economic desirability only comes secondary. Thus, feasibility is synonymous with
profitability.
In both ways, however, socio-economic desirability is measured in terms of the number of
workers that shall be employed, and the appropriate annual amount of taxes to be paid by the
project and the workers of the government. In addition, it is measured by the economic benefits that
will accrue to the people living in the community and its vicinities.
Social Desirability. From the viewpoint of government, economic or social planners,
feasibility means social desirability. Thus, a 30-km road, connecting an agricultural country with a
shipping port costing of P10, 000,000 may be considered feasible if the road will result in
substantially more production in the area, given more profits to farmers and drastically reduce the
selling prices of commodities in the areas. Social desirability in the relationship between the benefit
to be obtained from the undertaking (i.e. increase in food production, etc.) and the cost of such
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Taxation and Legal Aspects
The taxation study attempts to design the project in such a way that the tax liabilities of the
project and its proponents are legally minimized. The legal aspects affecting, the project or industry
are studied.
Preparing the Feasibility study
Feasibility studies may be prepared through various approaches depending on individual
preferences. Some give more weight to ocular observations without quantitative and qualitative
verifications of the market and the other factors considered in starting or expanding a business
enterprise. This is particularly true in case of small-scale industries. However, bigger firms, which
are more careful in their investments, use the combination of a “gut feel” and the verifications of the
feasibility of all the aspects of a project study in a scientific survey.
For the beginners, the suggested steps to follow on how to prepare a feasibility study are.
1. Identify the people or firms that will be involved in preparing the various aspects of the
study.
2. Investigate the market feasibility in terms of both ocular observations and the actual
scientific survey. Feasibility here generally means ample excess demand and a competitive
market position of the project. If not feasible, abandon the idea immediately before much
loss will be incurred, and think of another business project.
3. If market is feasible, proceed with the technical study. Technical feasibility is commonly
understood to mean the sources required are available on a long term basis and at a
reasonable cost to produce the product at the best possible quality acceptable to the
consumers. If not feasible, abandon the project.
4. If technically feasible, proceed with the management study. Management feasibility means
that the organizational set-up can carry out its functions effectively and that qualified
persons under circumstances are available. If not feasible, abandon the project.
5. If management feasible, proceed with the financial study. Financial feasibility means that
the financing shall be able available at a reasonable cost and that the project shall enjoy a
good financial support and is deemed profitable.
6. In a case of a government project, the next step is assessment of the social desirability of the
project, which means that reasonable economic benefits will accrue to the people living in
the community and its vicinities, otherwise, give up the project.
7. Finally, prepare the summary of the feasibility study indicating among others, a brief
description of the project; the highlights of major assumption made, such as market
projections, share and prices, investment costs, method of financing, etc.; and the summary
of findings and conclusions regarding market feasibility, technical feasibility and financial
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Philippine Projects which Failed
Industry Cause(s) Effects on business
Chemicals undetected pressure of superior competing abortion of project
product
Ceramics
failure to perfect the manufacturing
process
foreclosure of
mortgaged
machinery
Cement unforeseen high moisture constant of raw purchase of additional
materials machinery
Pulp and
Paper unexpected high cost of gathering raw unprofitable operations
materials
Agriculture
Legal complication in the projected leases
of abortion of project
agricultural land.
Real estate legal contract with the wrong government abortion of project
entity
Ceramics understated financing requirements delay in the start of the
operation

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APPENDIX B.
B.1 GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDIES
Marcelo M. Roguel*
I. SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT
A. Name of the firm:
B. Location:
Head office
Plant Site
C. Brief description of the Project
D. Highlights of major assumptions such as market projections, share and prices,
investment costs, methods of financing, etc.
E. Summary of the findings and conclusions regarding the following
1. Market feasibility
2. Technical feasibility
3. Financial feasibility
II. GENERAL INFORMATION
A. Management of the Project
1. Management during the pre-operating period (firms of persons involved or
to be involved in marketing, engineering and other studies).
2. Management during the operating period (type of business organization;
organization chart and functions of each unit; management personnel
specifying the duties and the time to be devoted to the project, qualification
and compensation).
3. Labor (skills required; number required for each skill; recruitment and
training program; compensation, fringe benefits and facilities).
4. Professional firms or consultants to be hired, if any.
B. Status and Timetable of the Project
C. Other information (e.g., pending litigations, information regarding intangibles, etc.)
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* Professor, Executive Vice President, CLSU and Executive Director, CLSU-FI, Munoz,
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III. ECONOMIC ASPECTS
A. Market Study
1. Demand
a) Consumption for the past ten (10) years. Also, state the major
consumers of the products.
b) Projected consumption for the next ten (10) years. Indicate method
used and factors considered in preparing the projections.
2. Supply
a) Supply for the last ten (10) years, broken down as to the source;
whether imported or locally produced.
For imports, specification should be made as the form in which the
goods are imported, the country of origin and the brands.
For locally produced goods, the companies producing them,
their production capabilities and brands used shall be specified.
b) Projected supply for the next ten (10) years.
c) Factors affecting trends in fast and future supply.
3. Competitive position considering imported and/or substitute products
a) Selling Prices- prices to be adopted including tariff protection
assumed or expected for the project.
For products to be sold locally, comparison with prevailing prices
(both local and imported) and with prices substitute products; either
wholesale or retail which ever is applicable in the light of the
applicant firm‟s marketing program.
For products to be exported, comparison with landed cost of goods
from other countries at the prospective importing country, and with
prevailing prices thereat; either wholesale or retail whichever is
applicable.
B. Marketing Program
1. Description of the present marketing practice and competitors.
2. Proposed marketing program of the project describing the selling
organization, terms of sale, channels of distribution, location of sales
outlets, transportation and warehousing arrangements and their
corresponding costs.
3. Promoting and advertising plan, including costs.

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4. Packaging.
C. Projected Sales
1. Expected annual volume of sales for the next ten (10) years considering the
demand, supply, competitive position and marketing program.
2. Sales contracts, if any.
D. Contribution to the Philippine Economy
1. Net annual amount of dollars earned or saved, after subtracting for:
amortization of imported capital equipment; and nay importation of raw
materials.
2. Labor employed and taxes paid.
IV. TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY
A. Product (s)
1. Description of the product(s) including specifications relating to their
physical, mechanical and chemical properties.
2. Uses of the product(s).
B. Manufacturing Process
1. Description of the process showing detailed flow charts indicating material
and energy requirements of each step; and the normal duration of the
process.
2. Licensing agreement, if any, including terms.
3. Alternative processes considered and factors used in determining the
process to be employed.
4. Processes used in existing plants and in similar projects in the Philippines
or abroad.
C. Plant Size and Production Schedule
1. Rated annual and daily plant capacity at a given number of operating days
per year; and
2. Expected attainable annual production volume for the next ten (10) years,
considering start-up and technical factors.
D. Machinery
1. Machinery layout, showing the number of specifications, rated capabilities,
and balancing of capabilities of each major and auxiliary equipment, and
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2. Availability of spare parts and repair service.
3. Quotations from suppliers, machinery guarantees, delivery, terms of
payments and other arrangements.
E. Plant Location
1. Location map showing plant location.
2. Desirability of locations in terms of distance to sources of raw materials
and markets and other factors.
F. Plant Layout
1. Description of the plant layout; layout chart.
2. Effect of the layout on materials flow and treatment of materials handling
and storage.
3. Provisions of expansion.
G. Structure
1. Building and costs of creation.
2. Other structures and their respective costs.
3. Land and improvements such as road, drainage facilities, etc., and their
respective costs.
H. Raw Materials
1. Description and specifications relating to their physical, mechanical and
chemical properties.
2. Alternative raw materials considered and factors used in selecting the raw
materials.
3. Material balance.
4. Availability, continuity of supply and current prospective sources.
5. Current and prospective costs of raw materials; terms of any long-term
contracts.
I. Utilities
Electricity, fuel, water, stream and supplies specifying the users, quantity
required, balance of utilities, availability, sources and alternative sources and costs.
J. Water Disposal
1. Description and quantity of the waste to be disposed of.
2. Description of the waste disposal methods.
3. Methods used in other plants.
4. Costs of waste disposal.
5. Clearance from proper authorities or compliance with legal requirements.
V. FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY
A. Total Project Cost- All items considered and assumptions made.
B. Initial Capital Requirements- All items considered and assumptions made.
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1. Sources selected or proposed for both long-term and short-term financing.
2. Alternative sources considered.
3. Amount and terms of financing for each source selected indicating the
currency, security repayment period, interest and other features.
4. Status of financing from each source relating to actual release already
made, application already approved, applications pending and application
still to be made.
5. Financing of contingencies and seasonal peaks in working capital.
D. Financial Statements
1. projected income statements for 10 years
2. Projected cash flow statements for 10 years
3. Projected balance sheets for 10 years.
NOTE: These financial statements shall be made in two (2) sets, viz:
a. One set assuming registration and the enterprise availing of the
incentives provided for in R. A. 5186, and
b. One set not assuming registration.
E. Financial analyses (to be done for both sets of financial statements describe above).
1. Unit cost estimates and detailed breakdown of all cost factors from first
year until normal operation is attained.
2. Break-even point analysis.
3. Capital recovery and earnings showing the cash payoff period, rate of
return and discounted cash flow rate of return.
4. Others
NOTE: For purpose of computation, it is suggested that the foreign exchange
obligations be reflected at the rate of P6.50 to $1.

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B.2 COMPONENTS OF A PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDY
By
Eduardo G. Marzan, Jr.
Alma M. dela Cruz*
INTRODUCTION
There are five components of a project feasibility study (PFS) discussed in this paper,
namely, management, marketing, technical, financial, and socio-economics. The parts of each
component are presented to serve as guide in the preparation of a feasibility study but no detailed
discussion or calculations are included.
The components and its sub-components may vary with the type of the project being
studied. The paper attempts to show the most common parts of a feasibility study.
COMPONENTS OF A PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDY
Management Study
Its aim is to have an organization that will effectively carry out the objectives of the
proponents. It encompasses the organization for the pre-operating period as well as for the
commercial operations. It also includes the forms of business organization, ownership,
organizational structure, and personnel requirements.
A. Pre-operating Period
A project organization is required from the conception of a project up to the start of the
normal operations. During the pre-operating period, a number of studies and decisions need to be
made such as production process, sources of financing, distribution channels, plant capacity,
acquisition of plant site and machinery, selection and hiring of consultants, availability of
construction materials and workers, among others.
Project scheduling is included under the pre-operating period. It refers to the identification
and analysis of the activities from the planning stage up to the start of the normal operations. Either
the Gantt chart or the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) may be used. The Gantt
chart shows the various activities and the duration of each activity. The PERT is a more
complicated way of scheduling. It shows the activities that can be done simultaneously, the
activities that would precede the others, and the activities, which can be hastened in order to
advance normal operations
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*Assoc. Professor and Department Chairman, IGS, Asst. Professor, CLSU, Munoz, Nueva Ecija,
Philippines. Training Course on FS Preparation, May 26-29, 1992. RET

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B. Forms of Business Organization
The proponents may select any one of the alternative forms: single proprietorship,
partnership, cooperative and corporation. The selection of the form of business organization may be
influenced by the following factors:
1. control of management;
2. attraction of financing;
3. maintenance of good business relations;
4. protection of business secrets;
5. increase in profits through avoidance of taxes;
6. limitations of liabilities of owners; and
7. legal requirements
C. Ownership
The ownership of a project should meet all the legal requirements as to the percentage of
Filipino ownership in the business organization
If the corporate form of the business organization is decided upon, the Filipino participation
in the ownership should be in consonance with the legal requirements. If the legal requirements are
set, the project may be able to:
1. exist;
2. sell to the Philippine government;
3. obtain tax exemption privileges; and
4. obtain government financing
For example, industries using natural resources- agricultural, timber, mineral lands of the
public domain- 60 percent of the owners must be Filipinos.
The law provides for minimum Filipino directors in corporation in selected industries as:
1. Commercial banks – 2/3
2. Investment companies – 100%
3. Private development banks – 2/3
4. Rural banks – 100%
D. Organizational Structure
The organizational structure refers to the various departments and sections of a project, their
specific functions and their relationships to each other. In planning the structure, the following have
to be considered:
1. The basic objective of the project;
2. The nature and extent of operations of the project; and
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The organizational chart can be divided by function, by geographical area, or by product
line.
E. Personnel
The personnel requirements in terms of position titles, qualifications, and number personnel
may be based on the organizational chart.
The sources of managers should be identified, including skilled and unskilled workers. The
compensation, cash and non-cash benefits should be specified. Policies on bonuses, leaves and
overtime pay, SSS premiums, insurance, etc. should be also being explicitly indicated in the study.
Marketing Study
Its objective is to determine the:
1. size, nature, and growth of total demand for the product;
2. supply situation and the nature of competition;
3. price of the product to be sold; and
4. appropriate marketing program to be adopted in order to sell the given quantity at the
given price
A. Demand
Demand may be considered as equivalent to the sales quantity, consumption or usage. Data
on the past demand may be used in demand projections.
1. Past demand
 Consumption
 Past consumption, data may be obtained directly from the consumers or from firms
through surveys.
 Importations
 Importation data may be obtained from the Central Bank, the NEDA, and the Bureau
of Customs.
 Local Production
 Data for local production may be obtained from the Central Bank, the NEDA, trade
associations, and manufacturers.
2. Projected demand
Future demand may be based on past demand or from other factors related to the
product being studied such as the demand for textiles or food based on population. The
projection methods that could be used are;
Arithmetical Straight Line Yc = a + Yi-1
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n-1
Y1 = initial value (first year)
Yf = final value (last year)
N = No. of years
Yi-1 = value of the year past
Yc = calculated demand
Arithmetic geometric curve Yc = Yi-1 (1-r)
Where: r = sum of the % yearly increase
n-1
r = is average rate of increase
Statistical straight line Yc = a + bx
Where a & b are constant
X – year
Statistical geometric curve
Log Yc = Log a + x log b
Statistical Parabolic
Yc = a + bx + cx2
The method that gives the computed value that approximates the actual historical demand
maybe said to be the most appropriate method to the project further demand. In other words,
the method that shows the least standard deviation (actual-computed values) maybe
considered the best among the different projection methods.
The projected values could be adjust if there understatements of historical demand
figures or increase usage of products. The calculated values could also be compared with the
projections of other groups such as the NEDA, Central Bank, Department of Agriculture or
other related agencies.
B. Supply
The supply is the total product being sold (including its substitutions) in the market,
coming from importations and local production. The local production is then allocated
among the local firms, including the new project, to ascertain the project‟s market share.
A projection on the competing products, importations and local production is also
required. Future importations may be estimated not with statistical projections but by the
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The allocation of local supply among the various competitions may be based on the:
relative strength of the competitors – rated capacity and production volume, location,
management capability and ownership;
1. prices set by the competitors; and
2. marketing program of the competitors
C. Prices
The selling price per unit to be adopted by a project may be determined based on:
 cost of importation;
 cost of production of local competitors
 cost of production of the project;
 cost of transportation; and
 prices at the different levels of the distribution channels
D. Marketing Practices and Program
This part of the study present the marketing mixes that could be used by the project to
influence its markets or customers. It is considered the 4P‟s of marketing – products, place,
promotion, and price.
The proponents have to decide their competitive marketing strategy based on their market
share and its long-run customer and profit objectives in a particular competitive environment.
Product Place Promotion Price
Quality Channels Advertising List price
Features Coverage Personal Discounts
Style Locations selling Allowances
Brand name Inventory Sales pro- Payment
Packaging Transport motion period
Sizes Publicity Credit terms
Services
Warranties
Returns
TECHNICAL ASPECT
1. Describe products to be produced indicating specifications relating to their physical,
chemical and/or agronomic properties, whichever applicable. Specify by-products resulting
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2. Describe processes and/or production methods, showing detailed flow chart. Specify
maintenance and other support facilities proposed, and quality control and requirements for
the processes adopted.
3. Specify major machinery and equipment requirements. Indicate:
a. Number, specifications, rated capacities and life of major pieces equipment, whether
new or second-hand, allocated to the categories according to major use (e.g.
production maintenance, waste disposal, etc.). Outline function to be performed by
each major unit.
b. Quotations from suppliers, machinery guarantees, delivery and payment terms and
other arrangements. Indicate also supplier, country or port of origin, taxes, duties,
installation cost and allowances for minor equipment, etc.
c. Is equipment to be exclusively used for the production of the products specified? If
not, specify to what extent equipment will be used for other purposes.
4. Indicate location/site where the project is to be situated. Make plans and drawings of major
structure physical layout of site and plant and machinery layout indicating also provisions
for expansion. Enclose cost quotations for land and major structures.
5. Specify rated annual and daily capacity of plant at a specified number of shifts per day and
numbers of operating days per year. Give also the expected attainable annual production
volume of each product for the entire projects life.
6. Show volume and value of material inputs per unit output (and the respective wastage
factors, if applicable) for each product to be produce. Give details of prospective sources of
major inputs, consignment arrangements, supply, contracts, etc.
7. Specify special requirements and costs for electricity, water and other utilities.
8. Give detail total labor requirements from start of operations until normal production
capacity is attained.
Also:
Indicate number of workers according to skill, sex , and whether full time/part
time/seasonal, at normal production capacity.
a. Specify wage rates, salaries, fringe benefits, etc. assumed.
b. Justify foreign personnel involved. If any.
c. Set out details of special training programs, including costs.
9. Implementation and operation schedule.
FINACIAL ASPECTS

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1. Specify sources if financing whether short-term, long-term and supplier‟s credit and
their respective uses. Also, indicate amount and terms of financing from each source
selected, indicating currency, security, repayment, period. Interest and other features.
For equity, financing, indicate subscription made.
2. Prepare the following statements for the first 5-10 years of project‟s life.
Profit and loss (or Income ) statements
Cash Flow statements
Balance Sheet statements
The assumption underlying these projections should be outlined.
3. The following financial evaluations are to be derived based on the
information contained in the above statements.
profitability ratios
liquidity ratios
solvency ratios
break-even analysis
measures of project worth
SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECT
1. Describe the specific contributions of the project on following;
a. Government Revenues
 taxes to be paid by the project
 import taxes
b. Foreign Exchange Reserves
 earnings from exports
 savings on imports
 foreign exchange cost
c. Related industries
c.
 suppliers of raw materials
 suppliers of essential utilities/services
 processors or users of the product
d. Consumers
 lowering of price
e. Employment
 number of persons to be employed
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f. Utilization of local materials
g. Development of the community
h. Raising of the Standards of Living
References
DAP, How to develop Project Feasibility Studies, Industry Development Series No. 1, Sinagtala
Publisher, Inc. 1978
V. Muro, Preparing Project feasibility Studies for Philippines Business Enterprises. Vol. I & II,
Phoenix Press, Inc. 1982

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B. 3 PROJECT STUDY PREPARATION: DATA NEEDS AND RESOURCES
BY
MARCELO M. ROGUEL
Outline of Data Sources and End Products for Each Step in Feasibility Analysis:
Step Sources of Data End Product
1. Market Demand Demand studies; Market Sales potential
Analysis price
2. Material Supply Supply Studies Procurement
Competitive demand potential & prices
3. Supply of Supply studies Available Supply
Other inputs Competitive demand & unit price
4. Capital Cost General Design; Investment
Estimates quantities & unit schedule
Price
5. Added crop Agric. Research & Schedule of added
Income local surveys net income from crop
6. Production Technical Input- Schedule of input &
Requirements output coefficients outputs by products
7. Operating Inputs schedules & Schedule of
Costs unit price combined operating
Costs
8. Operating Output schedules Schedule of net
Revenue & unit prices project benefit
9. Economic Investment and IRR and feasibility
Analysis benefit schedule of project

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