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Chapter - 10 - Evaluating Projects With The Benefit-Cost Ratio Method
Chapter - 10 - Evaluating Projects With The Benefit-Cost Ratio Method
• Ex. 10.2
Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc.
Engineering Economy, Fourteenth Edition
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458
By William G. Sullivan, Elin M. Wicks, and C. Patrick Koelling
All rights reserved.
Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc.
Engineering Economy, Fourteenth Edition
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458
By William G. Sullivan, Elin M. Wicks, and C. Patrick Koelling
All rights reserved.
7.4 Disbenefits (D) in the B-C ratio.
D can be included in the B-C ratio in either the
numerator or denominator, as shown with AW below.
or
• Ex. 10.4
Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc.
Engineering Economy, Fourteenth Edition
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458
By William G. Sullivan, Elin M. Wicks, and C. Patrick Koelling
All rights reserved.
7.5 Added benefits vs. reduced cost
• As with the different types of ratios, the
question arises if classifying certain cash flows
as either added benefits or reduced costs.
• As before, while the numerical value of the ratio
may change, there is no impact on project
acceptability regardless of how the cash flows
are handled.
Choose alternative C.
Probs.: 10.1, 10.3, 10.8, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 10.15, 10.17, 10.20 & 10.25