Which option should be selected and why? MegaTech Solutions is currently buying 70,000 circuit boardsfrom BoardMakers Inc. at a price of $72 per board. MegaTech isconsidering manufacturing its own circuit boards. The costs toproduce the circuit boards are as follows:•••Direct materials: $34 per unitDirect labor: $14 unitperVariable factory overhead: $19 per unitFixed costs for the plant would increase by: $110,000Which option should be selected and why?a. Make, $240,000 increase in profitsb. Buy, $110,000 more in profitsc. Make, $532,000 increase in profitsd. Buy, $441,000 more in profits

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