Your company is introducing a new product. The machinery needed to

produce this product will have an initial cost of $$42,500\mathrm{.}00.$ The new

product will produce an annual income of $$12,000\mathrm{.}00.$The company will break$-$even on

this product in approximately

years if the annual interest rate is $5\%$

per year. Select the best answer.

$4$

$17$

$2$

$8$

$12$