Machine A could be purchased today at a first cost of $126,290$ dollars. The machine is going to

need a major repair sometime in the future $($number of years$)$ at a cost of $$33,000$ dollars.

Machine B has a first cost of $$155,000$ with no need for any future repairs. Find the break$-$even

point for the timing of the $$33,000$ expenditure if the interest rate is $1$ percent