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- Kingsville plans to buy a street-cleaning machine. A used cleaning vehicle will cost $80,000 and have a $10,000 salvage value at the end of its five year life. A new system with advanced features will cost $160,000 and have a $45,000 salvage value at the end of its five year life. The new system is expected to reduce labor hours compared with the used system. Current street cleaning activity requires the used system to operate 8 hours per day for 20 days per month. Labor costs $50 per hour and MARR is 12% per year. Find the breakeven labor hours for the new system. USE SOLVER FUNCTION IN EXCELSyringe pumps often fail due to adherence of fluid to the ceramic piston which results to seal damage. Chemical Industries developed a specialized polymer dynamic seal for protection that provides longer seal life. One of the C.I’s costumers expects to reduce downtime by 20% as a result of the new seal design. If lost production costs P100,000 per year for the next 5 years, how much could the company afford to spend now on the new seals, if it uses 10% interest rate per year? Include the cash flow diagramXM, Ltd. was a small engineering firm that built high-tech robotic devices for electronics manufacturers. One very complex device was partially completed at the end of 2018. Barb McLauren, head engineer, knew the experimental technology was a failure and XM would not be able to complete the $20,000,000 contract next year. However, the corporation was getting ready to be sold in January. She told the controller that the device was 80% complete at year-end and on track for successful completion the following spring; the controller accrued 80% of the contract revenue at December 31, 2018. McLauren sold the company in January 2019 and retired. By mid-year, it became apparent that XM would not be able to complete the project successfully and the new owner would never recoup his investment. Requirements For complex, high-tech contracts, how does a company determine the percentage of completion and the amount of revenue to accrue? What action do you think was taken by XM in 2019 with regard…