Questions from Engineering


Q: A software package created by Navarro & Associates can be used for

A software package created by Navarro & Associates can be used for analyzing and designing three-sided guyed towers and three- and four-sided self-supporting towers. A single-user license will cost $4...

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Q: In an effort to save money for early retirement, an environmental

In an effort to save money for early retirement, an environmental engineering colleague plans to deposit $1200 per month, starting 1 month from now, into a fixed rate account that pays 8% per year, co...

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Q: Parker Hannifin of Cleveland, Ohio manufactures CNG fuel dispensers. It

Parker Hannifin of Cleveland, Ohio manufactures CNG fuel dispensers. It needs replacement equipment to streamline one of its production lines for a new contract, but plans to sell the equipment at or...

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Q: Beginning 1 month from now, Thaxton Mechanical Products will set aside

Beginning 1 month from now, Thaxton Mechanical Products will set aside $1500 per month for possibly replacing its corrosion-resistant diaphragm pumps whenever it becomes necessary. The replacement isn...

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Q: Income from recycling the paper and cardboard generated in an office building

Income from recycling the paper and cardboard generated in an office building has averaged $3000 per month for the past 3 years. What is the income stream’s equivalent worth now at an interest rate of...

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Q: How much would your parents have to deposit each month into an

How much would your parents have to deposit each month into an account that grows at a rate of 12% per year, compounded semiannually, if they want to have $80,000 at the end of year 3 to cover part of...

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Q: Western Refining purchased a model MTVS peristaltic pump for injecting antiscalant at

Western Refining purchased a model MTVS peristaltic pump for injecting antiscalant at its nanofiltration water conditioning plant. The cost of the pump was $1200. If the chemical cost is $11 per day,...

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Q: An engineer deposited her annual bonus of $10,000 into

An engineer deposited her annual bonus of $10,000 into an account that pays interest at 8% per year, compounded semiannually. If she withdrew $1000 in months 2, 11, and 23, what was the total value of...

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Q: What effective interest rate per year, compounded continuously, is equivalent

What effective interest rate per year, compounded continuously, is equivalent to a nominal rate of 10% per year? Solve by formula and spreadsheet function.

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Q: What effective interest rate per 6 months is equal to a nominal

What effective interest rate per 6 months is equal to a nominal 2% per month, compounded continuously?

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