The Ecology Group wishes to purchase a piece of equipment for various metals recycling. Machine $1$ costs $$123,000,$ ha years, has an AOC of $$5,000,$ and requires one operator at a cost of $$24$ per hour to process $10$ tons per hour. Machine $$70,000,$ has a life of $6$ years, has an AOC of $$2,500,$ and requires two operators at a cost of $$24$ per hour for each ope process $6$ tons per hour. Determine the breakeven tonnage of scrap metal at $I=7\%$ per year and select the better mach processing level of $1,000$ tons per year.

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