The savings per mile driven, $.021923, is the same as we calculated in part a. Solving this
equation for the number of miles driven per year, we find:
To find the cost per gallon of gasoline necessary to make the hybrid break even in a financial
sense, if we let CSPG equal the cost savings per gallon of gas, the cost equation is:
Solving this equation for the cost savings per gallon of gas necessary for the hybrid to break
even from a financial sense, we find:
Now we can find the price per gallon for the miles driven. If we let P be the price per gallon,
the necessary price per gallon will be:
d. The implicit assumption in the previous analysis is that each car depreciates by the same dollar
amount and has identical resale value.
24. a. The cash flow per plane is the initial cost divided by the break-even number of planes, or:
b. In this case the cash flows are a perpetuity. Since we know the cash flow per plane, we need to
determine the annual cash flow necessary to deliver a 20 percent return. Using the perpetuity
equation, we find:
PV = C/R
This is the total cash flow, so the number of planes that must be sold is the total cash flow
divided by the cash flow per plane, or: