Matthew$$ Bailey, as manager of Designs by$$ Bailey, is upgrading his CAD software. The$$ high$-$performance $($HP$)$ software rents for $ $3$ comma $000$$$3,000$ per month per workstation. The$$ standard$-$performance $($SP$)$ software rents for $ $1$ comma $600$$$1,600$ per month per workstation. The productivity figures that he has available suggest that the HP software is faster for his kind of design.$$ Therefore, with the HP software he will need $55$ engineers and with the SP software he will need $66.$ This translates into a variable cost of $ $200$$$200$ per drawing for the HP system and $ $250$$$250$ per drawing for the SP system.

Part $2$

If it is projected that the volume will be $100100$ drawings per$$ month, then renting

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high$-$performance

standard$-$performance

software is the best option available to Matthew.