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Ridgeway Digital Components Company assembles circuit boards by using a manually operated machine to insert electronic components. The original cost of the machine is $$68,800,$ the accumulated depreciation is $$27,500,$ its remaining useful life is $5$ years, and its residual value is negligible. On October $1$ of the current year, a proposal was made to replace the present manufacturing procedure with a fully automatic machine that has a purchase price of $$143,100.$ The automatic machine has an estimated useful life of $5$ years and no significant residual value. For use in evaluating the proposal, the managerial accountant accumulated the following annual data on present and proposed operations:

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