Starling Co. is considering disposing of a machine with a book value of $24,300 and estimated remaining life of five years. The old machine can be sold for $6,000. A new high-speed machine can be purchased at a cost of 71,100. It will have a useful life of five years and no residual value. It is estimated that the annual variable manufacturing costs will be reduced from $22,700 to $20,800 if the new machine is purchased. The five-year differential effect on profit from replacing the machine is a(n)

Question 3 options: ps.55 four corners is an ibc company that sells delicious navajo tacos in the crossroads food court. part of their success can be attributed to the freshly fried indian bread that is used not only for the tacos, but also for dessert items. as demand grows the fry-bread process is becoming a bottleneck. operations management for the company is looking at two different process options to replace the highly manual process currently being used. option 1 (medium automation) would cost $175 to implement whereas option 2 (high automation) would cost $350. with option 1 the variable cost per fry bread produced would be $0.20. the variable cost for option 2 would be $0.09 per fry bread. at what volume (demand) of fry breads is the cost for the two options the same? (display your answer to two decimal places.)