A delivery company spent $3,500 last week upgrading one of its trucks. This week the company is trying to decide if this upgraded truck could be better utilized if they assigned it a proposed project. When analyzing the proposed project, the $3,500 should be treated as which type of cost?

Sunk cost

Explanation:

The sunken cost is the expense previously incurred that will not be compensated in future. Plus, it's also called past expense.  

The cost at the time of decision-making is not significant and it should be ignored.

In the given question, the $3,500 spent which is not now recovered and hence represents the sunk cost

step 1: create a plan

step 2: inventory facility equipment/assets

step 3: create preventive maintenance procedures

step 4: create preventive maintenance schedules

step 5: train your maintenanceteam

step 6: analyze – adjust - improve

or

step 1 – pm procedure design: doing the effective things

step 2 – pm procedure scheduling: efficient use of people and resources

step 3 – pm lubrication engineering

step 4 – pm training: back on the chain gang

step 5 – pm program management plan

step 6 – communicate, communicate, communicate

answer; at prices that violate government price regulations;