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Vista Company manufactures electronic equipment. In 2021, it purchased from an outside suppller the special switches used in each of its products. The supplier charged Vista $2 per switch. As an alternative, Vista's CEO considered purchasing either machine A or machine B so the company could manufacture its own switches. The CEO decided at the beginning of 2022 to purchase machine A, based on the following data: Required: 1. Assume that machine A has not yet been purchased. What is the anmual volume that would make the company indifferent between the two decision aiternatives f.e, purchasing and then using machine A to make the switches versus purchasing the switches from the outside vendor)? 2. Assume that machino A has already been purchased. is it preferable to use machine A to make the switches or to purchase the switches from the external supplier? 3. Assume that machine A has already been purchased. At what annual volume level should Vista consider replacing mochine A with mochine B? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Assume that machine A has not yet been purchaged. What is the annual volume that would makn the company indifferent between the two decision alternatives flie. purchasing and then using machine A to make the switches veraus purchasing the switehes from the outside vendor

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