Smith Productions manufactures its hand-tools in-house. Maintenance and repair costs are increasing at ten percent per year. The company is evaluating two new processes. The first process has an annual fixed cost of $500,000 and a variable cost of $12 per part. The second process is more automated and requires an annual fixed cost of $700,000 and a variable cost of $11 per part.    Use the Excel template Break-Even in MindTap to answer the following question: What is the break-even quantity between these two processes

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Smith Productions manufactures its hand-tools in-house. Maintenance and repair costs are increasing at ten percent per year. The company is evaluating two new processes. The first process has an annual fixed cost of $500,000 and a variable cost of $12 per part. The second process is more automated and requires an annual fixed cost of $700,000 and a variable cost of $11 per part. 

 

Use the Excel template Break-Even in MindTap to answer the following question: What is the break-even quantity between these two processes? (Hint) Using Equations (C.1) and (C.7) in Supplement C by using goal seek (see Pgs. 629-630) 

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