Economic Equations
Every Safety Professional
Should Know
Presented By:
Jarred ODell, ASP
Safety Director
Syracuse Utilities
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Question: 1
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A wealthy relative died and left you her
estate. You can choose to either accept
$6,000,000 today or wait and receive
$10,000,000 in five years. Assume the
annual interest rate over this period is
10%. You decide to
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You decide to:
A)
B)
C)
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F = Future
P = Present
A = Amount of periodic receipt/payment
n = Number of years*
i = Annual Interest* expressed in decimal
form (e.g. 10% = .10)
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= 10,000,000
= 6,000,000
= N/A
= 10% or 0.10
= 5 years
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= 10,000,000(1+0.10)-5
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Question: 2
Engineering Economics: Q2
You decided to go back to school and eared
your Masters Degree in mathematics.
Having heard this,
your supervisor
throws this
scenario at you:
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The chief financial officer of Widget Inc.
expects a 10% annual return on
investments for all capital projects. What is
the maximum cost that will be approved
from a project that is expected to save
$8,000 per year over 10 years? Assume
the project will be fully depreciated in the
10 years.
Question 2
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F
= N/A
= ???
= $8,000
= 10% or 0.10
= 10 years
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Question: 3
Engineering Economics: Q3
You recently obtained 6 Black Belt status.
Congratulations! Understandably, you are
very anxious to test out your new skills.
Soon you face this problem:
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The financial policy of Acme requires that
capital investments must have an annual
return of 12%. An engineering solution to
a safety problem will cost $250,000 for the
initial installation, and it will cost $12,000
annually to maintain for 15 years. What is
the required annual savings from this
project in order for it to be approved?
Question 3
Engineering Economics: Q3
F
= N/A
= $250,000
= ???
= 12% or 0.12
= 10 years
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Question: 4
Engineering Economics: Q4
Having recently been conferred as a Doctor
in Safety and Engineering Science,
your are now in
a position to poses
this scenario to your
employer:
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Your company decided to hire an EHS/6,
executive. If a balloon payment of
$10,000,000 is due in 10 years, what
amount would management have to
deposit monthly into a savings account
(paying interest of 6% per year) to
accumulate adequate funds to pay the
note?
Question 4
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F
= $10,000,000
= N/A
= ???
= 6% or 0.06
= 10 years
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A=
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F = Future
P = Present
A = Amount of periodic receipt/payment
n = Number of years*
i = Annual Interest* expressed in decimal
form (e.g. 10% = .10)
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A=
Question: 5
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One of your faceless
pawns is having
trouble figuring out
the following
scenario. He
humbly/fearfully
asks for your help:
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Calculate the monetary value after ten
years of a behavior based safety program
that costs $40,000 per year at the start.
Assume an inflation rate of 4.3%
Question 5
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F
= ???
= N/A
= $40,000
= 4.3% or 0.043
= 10 years
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