Kim Epson operates a full-service car wash, which operates from 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. seven days a week. The car wash has two stations: an automatic washing and drying stationthat can handle 30 cars per hour and an interior cleaning station that can handle 210 cars per day. Based on a recent year-end review of operations, Kim estimates that futuredemand for the interior cleaning station for the seven days of the week, expressed in the average number of cars per day, would be as follows:QiKimshouldDayCarsshould notMon.160Tues.180Wed.150Thurs.140Fri.260By installing additional equipment (at a cost of $90,000) Kim can increase the capacity of the interior cleaning to 300 cars per day. Each car wash generates a pretaxcontribution of $5.00. Should Kim install the additional equipment if she expects a pretax payback period of three years or less?install the additional equipment because the payback period is years. (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places.)Sat.270Sun.250

Pretax contribution = $5.00 per carThe number of cars handled at interior cleaning station is…

Answered: Kim Epson operates a full-service car…

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