SECTION 9
ENGINEERING
ECONOMICS
MAX KURTZ, P.E.
Consulting EngineerCALCULATION OF INTEREST, PMNCIPAL, AND PAYMENTS
Determination of Simple Interest
Compound Interest; Future Value of Single Payment
Present Worth of Single Payment
Principal in Sinking Fund
Determination of Sinking-Fund Deposit
Present Worth of a Uniform Series
Capital-Recovery Determination
Effective Interest Rate
Perpetuity Determination
Determination of Equivalent Sums
Analysis of a Nonuniform Series
Uniform Series with Payment Period Different from Interest Period
Uniform-Gradient Series: Conversion to Uniform Series
Present Worth of Uniform-Gradient Series
Future Value of Uniform-Rate Series
Determination of Payments under Uniform-Rate Series
Continuous Compounding
Future Value of Uniform Series with Continuous Compounding
Present Worth of Continuous Cash Flow of Uniform Rate
Future Value of Continuous Cash Flow of Uniform Rate
DEPRECIATION AND DEPLETION
Straight-Line Depreciation
Straight-Line Depreciation with Two Rates
Depreciation by Accelerated Cost Recovery System
Sinking-Fund Method: Asset Book Value
Sinking-Fund Method: Depreciation Charges
Fixed-Percentage (Declining-Balance) Method
Combination of Fixed-Percentage and Straight-Line Methods
Constant-Unit-Use Method of Depreciation
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