Annual maintenance costs in 4.4

Question

Hello,

maybe I'm missing sth. but shouldn't it be 5.692.500€ maintenance costs per year as before calculated and not 56.925.000€? This would totally change the solution here, right?

Thanks and all the best

Hannes

Answer 1

Hi Hannes,

I would be happy to share my thoughts on your question:

You seem to be right about the mistake that has been made, and I also noticed that Benjamin from PrepLounge has already fixed it.

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Best,

Hagen

Answer 2

Hi Hannes,

Q: Shouldn't it be 5.692.500€ maintenance costs per year

Indeed this seems a typo, the maintenance cost should be €5.692.500 as reported before (56.925*100). This indeed has an impact on the number of years needed to reach breakeven, considering the initial set-up cost.

Best,
Francesco

Answer 3

Hi Hannes,

Thanks for your note! Indeed, we made a mistake when inserting the case study, as the calculation was not supposed to be included anymore. We have corrected it immediately.

Best regards,
Benjamin

Answer 4

Hi Hannes,

You are right, the maintenance number needs to be corrected to EUR ~5.7M. In this case, the project seems financially viable so it would change the way you respond to the question (e.g., you could calculate the payback period and decide whether they would get their investment back quickly enough; also, you could think of what other costs need to be considered besides maintenance, if any).

Best,

Maria

Answer 5

Hey there,

Good spot. Indeed this looked to be produced in error.

Fortunately as a result, it has been fixed!

Well done and thanks for raising this

Answer 6

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