You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. The Techron I costs$255,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $68,000 per year. TheTechron Il costs $445,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $41,000per year. For both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over theproject's life and assume a salvage value of $45,000. If your tax rate is 24 percent andyour discount rate is 13 percent, compute the EAC for both machines. (A negativeanswer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculationsand round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)Techron ITechron II$129,239.65131,042.41Which machine do you prefer?Techron IITechron Iچار

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