Question 1 (2 pts): Grace is an ISE at Speed Manufacturing. She has been studying process line G to determine if an automated system would be preferred to an existing labor-intensive system. If Speed M uses 15-year planning horizon, which alternative should Grace advise if the nominal interest rate is 15%? Labor intensive Automated initial cost 0 55,000 installation cost 0 15,500 First-Year O&M 1,500 4,800 annual increase of O&M 200 600 First-Year Labor cost 116,000 41,000 Annual increase of labor cost 4% 4% Salvage value (EOY 15) 5,000 19,000