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Modelling Tut - 06
50 0.45
51 0.50
LPG cost per litre
A B C D E F G H I
52 0.55
53 0.60
54 0.65
55 0.70
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58 Table 2: Sensitivity Table (Payback month to Petrol Cost per litre and Petrol Consump
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60 Petrol Cost per Litre
61 0.80 0.85 0.90 0.95 1.00 1.05 1.10
62 0.100
63 0.105
Petrol Consumption (ltrs/km)
64 0.110
65 0.115
66 0.120
67 0.125
68 0.130
69 0.135
70 0.140
71 0.145
72 0.150
73 0.155
74 0.160
J K L M N O P Q
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at If- LPG: 3
quid Petroleum 4Gas: gas that will change to liquid petrol under moderate pressure.
en a motorbike 5runs, LPG will be converted to petrol for the bike.
rrent price of Petrol: $1/ litre
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rrent Price of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG): $0.50/ litre
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cause LPG is cheaper than petrol, Mickey, a motorist who rides a Honda Future
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orbike is considering using LPG for his motorcycle, so he can save aside some money
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owever, to be able11 to use LPG, Mickey will need to buy a special pressure tank that can
vert LPG to petrol12 for the motorbike. The price of that tank is estimated to be $4,000.
4,000 would be his initial investment for his LPG project.
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ckey wants to 14know the payback period (in months term) of his investment, i.e.: after
many months,15 the savings can cover the initial cost of $4,000.
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s expected that17no tank is efficient enough to make 1 litre of petrol from 1 litre of LPG.
expected LPG efficiency factor of the tank is 90%, meaning, 1 litre of LPG can make 0.9
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of petrol
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rrently, Mickey20travelled an approximation of 4,500kms per month
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Honda Future consumes
22 0.150 litre of petrol per km travelled
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fter Mickey installs the tank, he will still have to buy petrol sometimes because not all
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ons sell LPG, so sometimes Mickey have to buy normal petrol instead of LPG. Assume
he will be able25to buy LPG for only 70% of his kms travelled.
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e if() function to
27determine if Mickey would want to buy the LPG tank. He would "buy
f the payback period
28 is no more than 18 months, otherwise he would "Use petrol!"
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e Goal Seek feature to check how much Mickety should spend on the LPG tank if he
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t the payback period to be 18 months
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45 and LPG cost per litre)
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led per month47
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J K L M N O P Q
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ost per litre and
58 Petrol Consumption)
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ost per Litre 60
61 1.15 1.20 1.25 1.30
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