If you replace an old machine with a new one, what is the opportunity cost?
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the cash flows the old machine would generate
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3. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CAPITAL BUDGETING opportunity cost is what a resource is worth in its next-best use. For example, if a company uses some idle property, what should it record as the investment outlay: the purchase price several years ago, the current market value, or nothing? <span>If you replace an old machine with a new one, what is the opportunity cost? If you invest $10 million, what is the opportunity cost? The answers to these three questions are, respectively: the current market value, the cash flows the old machine would generate, and $10 million (which you could invest elsewhere). 
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