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Analyzing a Change in Capital Costs
A logistics company reviews its finances and discovers that the total annual cost of using its five-year-old fleet of delivery trucks has increased substantially over the last year. The company's management confirms that the interest rate on the loan used to purchase the fleet has not changed, and the trucks are being used with the same intensity and on the same routes as in previous years. Based on the core components that determine the expense of utilizing capital goods, provide two distinct and plausible explanations for this increase in cost.
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Analyzing a Change in Capital Costs