A consulting agency has a specialty of supporting global government entities in a public-private partnership to plan and implement infrastructure improvement needs This consulting agency is currently evaluating new potential market opportunities The consulting agency has researched different countries around the world that have urgent water/wastewater needs (i.e. existing infrastructure is non-existent or too old and in need of major reconstruction). Furthermore the consulting agency researched population demand for these services, capital investment capabilities, and other factors that affect this infrastructure decision. From this research the consulting agency has prioritized four different potential countries to target for growing their client base. In order to support either country, the consulting agency will need to build their own facilities to enable them to work with a number of regional government entities to coordinate the infrastructure needs in a country. Additional research was done by the consulting agency to understand the fixed and variable costs to locate their operations in the top four potential countries. These costs are calculated to be: Variable Cost per Population Country Fixed Cost per Year $2,500,000 $25 1 $1,650,000 $40 2 $1,800,000 $30 3 $65 $1,050,000 4 When does Country 1 become the optimal location? 36,250 to 56,667 140,000