The controller of Tim’s Travel (TT) is deciding between
upgrading the company’s existing computer system or
replacing it with a new one. Upgrading the four-year-old
system will cost $97,500 and extend its useful life for another
seven years. The book value is $19,500, although it would sell
for $24,000. Upgrading will eliminate one employee at a salary
of $19,400; the new computer will eliminate two employees.
Additional annual operating costs are estimated at $15,950
per year. Upgrading is expected to increase profits 3.5% above
last year’s level of $553,000. The BetaTech Company has
quoted a price of $224,800 for a new computer with a useful
life of seven years. Annual operating costs are estimated to be
$14,260. The average processing speed of the new computer is
12% faster than that of other systems in its price range, which
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