Use the following information about the current year's operations of a company to calculate cash provided by operations. Net income $ 100,000 Decrease in Accounts Payable 5,000 Increase in Accounts Receivable 4,000 Increase in Merchandise Inventory 8,000 Decrease in Salaries Payable 2,000 Depreciation Expense 6,000 Gain on Sale of Machinery 2,000

You are the manager of a large crude-oil refinery. as part of the refining process, a certain heat exchanger (operated at high temperatures and with abrasive material flowing through it) must be replaced every year. the replacement and downtime cost in the first year is $165 comma 000. this cost is expected to increase due to inflation at a rate of 7% per year for six years (i. e. until the eoy 7), at which time this particular heat exchanger will no longer be needed. if the company's cost of capital is 15% per year, how much could you afford to spend for a higher quality heat exchanger so that these annual replacement and downtime costs could be eliminated?