A low-cost provider strategy can defeat a differentiation strategy when A. customers are basically satisfied and don't think extra attributes are worth a higher price features. B. there are few ways to differentiate a product or a service and many buyers perceive these differences valuable. C. sellers are not charging a price premium. D. a company can offset thinner profit margins per unit by selling enough additional units to increase total profits. E. many rivals are pursuing a similar differentiation approach.

Rolston music company is considering the sale of a new sound board used in recording studios. the new board would sell for $27,200, and the company expects to sell 1,570 per year. the company currently sells 2,070 units of its existing model per year. if the new model is introduced, sales of the existing model will fall to 1,890 units per year. the old board retails for $23,100. variable costs are 57 percent of sales, depreciation on the equipment to produce the new board will be $1,520,000 per year, and fixed costs are $1,420,000 per year.if the tax rate is 35 percent, what is the annual ocf for the project?