Wrangler Western has some of its jeans stone-washed under a contract with an independent contractor, Almos Garment Corp. If Almos' operating cost is $38,000 per year for years 1 and 2 and then it...

Extracted text: Wrangler Western has some of its jeans stone-washed under a contract with an independent contractor, Almos Garment Corp. If Almos' operating cost is $38,000 per year for years 1 and 2 and then it increases by 5% per year through year 10, what is the year-zero present worth of the machine operating cost at an interest rate of 14% per year? The present worth of the machine operating cost is determined to be $