Aerotron electronics is considering purchasing a water filtration system to assist in circuit board manufacturing. the system costs $42,000. it has an expected life of 7 years at which time its salvage value will be $8,500. operating and maintenance expenses are estimated to be $2,000 per year. if the filtration system is not purchased, aerotron electronics will have to pay bay city $8,500 per year for water purification. if the system is purchased, no water purification from bay city will be needed. aerotron electronics must borrow 1/2 of the purchase price, but they cannot start repaying the loan for 2 years. the bank has agreed to 3 equal annual payments, with the 1st payment due at the end of year 2. the loan interest rate is 6.5% compounded annually. aerotron electronics� marr is 13.0% compounded annually. what is the present worth of this investment?

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Richardson hired j.c. flood company, a plumbing contractor, to correct a stoppage in the sewer line of her house. the plumbing company's 'snake' device, used to clear the line leading to the main sewer, became caught in the underground line. to release it, the company excavated a portion of the sewer line in richardson's backyard. in the process, the company discovered numerous leaks in a rusty, defective water pipe that ran parallel with the sewer line. to meet public regulations, the water pipe, of a type no longer approved for such service, had to be replaced either then or later, when the yard would have to be excavated again. the plumbing company proceeded to repair the water pipe. though richardson inspected the company's work daily and did not express any objection to the extra work involved in replacing the water pipe, she refused to pay any part of the total bill after the company completed the entire operation. j.c. flood company then sued richardson for the costs of labor and material it had furnished. (c) for what, if anything, should richardson be liable? explain."