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One year ago your company purchased a machine for $110,000. Youhave learned that the new, much better machine is available for$150,000. In will be depreciated on a straight line basis and hasno salvage value. You expect the machine to produce $60,000 peryear in revenue and cost $20,000 per year to operate for the nextten years. The current machine is expected to produce $40,000 peryear in revenue and also costs $20,000 per year to operate. Thecurrent machine’s depreciation expense is $10,000 per for the next10 years, after which it will be discarded. It will have no salvagevalue. The market value of the current machine today is $50,000.Your company’s tax rate is 45% and the opportunity cost of capitalis 10%. Should your company replace its year-old machine