Multiply Your Appliance's Age by 100 to Decide if Replacement Outweighs Repair Costs
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The 50% rule is a straightforward cost-ratio workflow that answers when replacement beats repair. Multiply your appliance's age in years by 100, then compare that number to the repair cost