Incremental analysis and decision making

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Crone Enterprises uses a word processing computer to handle its sales invoices. Lately, business has been so good that it takes an extra 3 hours per night, plus every third Saturday, to keep up with the volume of sales invoices. Management is considering updating its computer with a faster model that would eliminate all of the overtime processing.

CURRENT MACHINE NEW MACHINE

Original purchase cost $15,000 $21,000

Accumulated depreciation 6,000 ----

Estimated operating costs 24,000 20,000
Useful life 5 years 5 years

If sold now, the current machine would have a salvage value of $ 5,000. If operated for the remainder of its useful life, the current machine would have zero salvage value. The new machine is expected to have zero salvage value after 5 years.

Should the current machine be replaced? ( Ignore the time value of money ).

Make an incremental analysis for retaining or replacing equipment.

Please provide details for understand the exercise

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