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Principles Of Engineering: Economics

Subject : engineering
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1. Identify the investment alternatives






2. Consider only differences in cash flows among investment alternatives






3. Compare the alternatives






4. Money should continue to be invested as long as each additional increment of investment yields a return that is greater than the investor's time value of money






5. To move money backward one time unit - DIVIDE by one plus the discount or interest rate






6. Money has a time value






7. Choose the mutually exclusive investment alternative that maximizes economic worth






8. Money has a time value






9. Past costs are irrelevant in engineering economic analyses - unless they impact future costs






10. Estimate the cash flows






11. Perform supplementary analyses






12. Specify the discount rate






13. To move money forward one time unit - MULTIPLY by one plus the discount or interest rate






14. Select the preferred investment






15. Two investment alternatives are equivalent if they have the same economic worth






16. Define the planning horizon






17. Make investments that are economically justified






18. Compare investment alternatives over a common period of time






19. Marginal revenue must exceed marginal cost






20. Money cannot be added or subtracted unless it occurs at the same point(s) in time






21. Risks and returns tend to be positively correlated