Panda Express is a takeaway Chinese restaurant. They are considering investing in a machine that automates the cooking of bowls of rice. The machine costs $1,000 and has a physical depreciation rate of 1% per annum. It is expected that at the end of the year Panda Express could sell the machine for $500. The annual real interest rate is 1% per annum and the annual inflation is 4%. The expected inflation is also 4%. If Panda Express buys the machine it can produce an extra 1,000 bowls of rice a year.
Each bowl of rice is sold for $0.52. Should Panda Express invest in the new machine?

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Panda Express is a takeaway Chinese restaurant. They are considering investing in a machine that automates the cooking of bowls of rice.  The machine costs $1,000 and has a physical depreciation rate of 1% per annum.  It is expected that at the end of the year Panda Express could sell the machine for $500.  The annual real interest rate is 1% per annum and the annual inflation is 4%. The expected inflation is also 4%. If Panda Express buys the machine it can produce an extra 1,000 bowls of rice a year.  
 Each bowl of rice is sold for $0.52. Should Panda Express invest in the new machine?

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Yes because the benefit from investing is greater than the cost of investing

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Yes because the benefit from investing is equal to the cost of investing

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None of the other answers are correct

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No because the benefit from investing is less than the cost of investing

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