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Beacon Company is considering automating its production facility. The initial investment in automation would be $$12\mathrm{.}89$ million, and the equipment has a useful life of $10$ years with a residual value of $$1,190,000.$ The company will use straightline depreciation. Beacon could expect a production increase of $38,000$ units per year and a reduction of $20$ percent in the labor cost per unit.

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$2.$ Determine the project's accounting rate of return.

Note: Round your answer to $2$ decimal places.

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