A company that produces pleasure boats has decided to expand one of its lines. Current facilities are insufficient to handle the increased workload, so the company is considering three alternatives, A (new location), B (subcontract), and C (expand existing facilities).

Alternative A would involve substantial fixed costs but relatively low variable costs: fixed costs would be $315,000 per year, and variable costs would be $590 per boat. Subcontracting would involve a cost per boat of $2,520, and expansion would require an annual fixed cost of $53,000 and a variable cost of $1,020 per boat.

a.	Find the range of output for each alternative that would yield the lowest total cost.(Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Round your answers to the nearest whole number.)

A	___	or	more
B	___ to	to	___
C	___ to	to	___

b.	Which alternative would yield the lowest total cost for an expected annual volume of 280 boats?
	multiple choice A B C