It costs $30,000 to retrofit the gasoline pumps at a certain filling station so the pumps can dispense E85 fuel. if the station makes a profit of $0.09 per gallon from selling E85 and sells an average of 25,000 gallons of E85 per month, how many months will it take for the owner to recoup her 30,000 investment in the retrofitted pumps? the interest rate is 2% per month. How would you do this with an interest chart and a calculator

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It costs $30,000 to retrofit the gasoline pumps at a certain filling station so the pumps can dispense E85 fuel. if the station makes a profit of $0.09 per gallon from selling E85 and sells an average of 25,000 gallons of E85 per month, how many months will it take for the owner to recoup her 30,000 investment in the retrofitted pumps? the interest rate is 2% per month. How would you do this with an interest chart and a calculator

It costs $30,000 to retrofit the gasoline pumps at a certain filling station so the pumps can dispense E85 fuel (85% ethanol and 15% gasoline). If the station makes a profit of S0.09 per gallon from selling E85 and sells an average
of 25,000 gallons of E85 per month, how many months will it take for the owner to recoup her $30,000 investment in the retrofitted pumps? The interest rate is 2% per month.
Click the icon to view the interest and annuity table for discrete compounding when i= 2% per month.
1 More Info
It will take
| months to recoup the investment. (Round up to the nearest whole number.)
Given P
Given F
Given A
Given A
Given F
Given P
F/P
P/F
FIA
P/A
A/F
A/P
1
1.0200
0.9804
1.0000
0.9804
1.0000
1.0200
0.4950
0.3268
0.2426
0.1922
0.1585
0.1345
0.1165
0.1025
0.0913
0.0822
0.0746
0.0681
0.0626
0.0578
2
1.0404
0.9612
2.0200
3.0604
1.9416
2.8839
0.5150
3
1.0612
0.9423
0.3468
1.0824
1.1041
1.1262
3.8077
4.7135
5.6014
6.4720
7.3255
8.1622
8.9826
9.7868
0.2626
0.2122
0.1785
4
0.9238
4.1216
5.2040
6.3081
5
0.9057
0.8880
7
1.1487
1.1717
0.8706
7.4343
0.1545
0.1365
0.1225
0.1113
0.8535
0.8368
0.8203
0.8043
0.7885
0.7730
0.7579
8.5830
9.7546
10.9497
12.1687
8
9
1.1951
10
1.2190
11
1.2434
1.2682
0.1022
0.0946
0.0881
0.0826
0.0778
12
13.4121
10.5753
1.2936
1.3195
1.3459
14.6803
15.9739
17.2934
13
11.3484
14
12.1062
15
0.7430
12.8493
16
1.3728
0.7284
18.6393
20.0121
13.5777
0.0537
0.0737
1.4002
1.4282
17
0.7142
0.7002
0.6864
0.6730
0.6598
14.2919
0.0500
0.0467
0.0438
0.0412
0.0388
0.0700
0.0667
0.0638
0.0612
0.0588
21.4123
22.8406
14.9920
15.6785
16.3514
17.0112
18
19
1.4568
1.4859
1.5157
1.5460
1.5769
1.6084
1.6406
1.8114
2.0399
20
24.2974
21
25.7833
22
0.6468
27.2990
28.8450
17.6580
0.0366
0.6342
0.6217
0.6095
0.5521
0.0566
0.0547
0.0529
0.0512
0.0446
18.2922
18.9139
23
0.0347
30.4219
0.0329
0.0312
0.0246
0.0192
0.0166
0.0126
24
19.5235
22.3965
25
32.0303
40.5681
51.9944
30
36
0.4902
25.4888
0.0392
0.4529
0.3865
40
2.2080
60.4020
27.3555
0.0366
0.0326
48
2.5871
79.3535
30.6731
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3.2810
0.3048
114.0515
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Transcribed Image Text:It costs $30,000 to retrofit the gasoline pumps at a certain filling station so the pumps can dispense E85 fuel (85% ethanol and 15% gasoline). If the station makes a profit of S0.09 per gallon from selling E85 and sells an average of 25,000 gallons of E85 per month, how many months will it take for the owner to recoup her $30,000 investment in the retrofitted pumps? The interest rate is 2% per month. Click the icon to view the interest and annuity table for discrete compounding when i= 2% per month. 1 More Info It will take | months to recoup the investment. (Round up to the nearest whole number.) Given P Given F Given A Given A Given F Given P F/P P/F FIA P/A A/F A/P 1 1.0200 0.9804 1.0000 0.9804 1.0000 1.0200 0.4950 0.3268 0.2426 0.1922 0.1585 0.1345 0.1165 0.1025 0.0913 0.0822 0.0746 0.0681 0.0626 0.0578 2 1.0404 0.9612 2.0200 3.0604 1.9416 2.8839 0.5150 3 1.0612 0.9423 0.3468 1.0824 1.1041 1.1262 3.8077 4.7135 5.6014 6.4720 7.3255 8.1622 8.9826 9.7868 0.2626 0.2122 0.1785 4 0.9238 4.1216 5.2040 6.3081 5 0.9057 0.8880 7 1.1487 1.1717 0.8706 7.4343 0.1545 0.1365 0.1225 0.1113 0.8535 0.8368 0.8203 0.8043 0.7885 0.7730 0.7579 8.5830 9.7546 10.9497 12.1687 8 9 1.1951 10 1.2190 11 1.2434 1.2682 0.1022 0.0946 0.0881 0.0826 0.0778 12 13.4121 10.5753 1.2936 1.3195 1.3459 14.6803 15.9739 17.2934 13 11.3484 14 12.1062 15 0.7430 12.8493 16 1.3728 0.7284 18.6393 20.0121 13.5777 0.0537 0.0737 1.4002 1.4282 17 0.7142 0.7002 0.6864 0.6730 0.6598 14.2919 0.0500 0.0467 0.0438 0.0412 0.0388 0.0700 0.0667 0.0638 0.0612 0.0588 21.4123 22.8406 14.9920 15.6785 16.3514 17.0112 18 19 1.4568 1.4859 1.5157 1.5460 1.5769 1.6084 1.6406 1.8114 2.0399 20 24.2974 21 25.7833 22 0.6468 27.2990 28.8450 17.6580 0.0366 0.6342 0.6217 0.6095 0.5521 0.0566 0.0547 0.0529 0.0512 0.0446 18.2922 18.9139 23 0.0347 30.4219 0.0329 0.0312 0.0246 0.0192 0.0166 0.0126 24 19.5235 22.3965 25 32.0303 40.5681 51.9944 30 36 0.4902 25.4888 0.0392 0.4529 0.3865 40 2.2080 60.4020 27.3555 0.0366 0.0326 48 2.5871 79.3535 30.6731 Enter your answer in the answer box. 60 3.2810 0.3048 114.0515 34.7609 0.0088 0.0288 Save for Later
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