Engineering Economy 7th Edition by Leland Blank ,Anthony Tarquin

Exercise 15

Process A has a fixed cost of $16,000 per year and a variable cost of $40 per unit. For process B, 5 units can be produced in 1 day at a cost of $125. If the company's MARR is 10% per year, the fixed cost of process B that will make the two alternatives have the same annual cost at a production rate of 1000 units per year is closest to:
A) Less than $10,000
B) $18,000
C) $27,000
D) Over $30,000