Aresearcher is comparing the species diversity of two islands. both islands are roughly equal in size; however, one island is much closer to the mainland. the researcher determines that the s value (number of species at equilibrium) for the island closer to the mainland is the s value for the island located farther from the mainland. in addition, she finds that the closer island's extinction rate is the extinction rate on the farther island.

Varto company has 9,400 units of its sole product in inventory that it produced last year at a cost of $23 each. this year’s model is superior to last year’s, and the 9,400 units cannot be sold at last year’s regular selling price of $42 each. varto has two alternatives for these items: (1) they can be sold to a wholesaler for $8 each, or (2) they can be reworked at a cost of $251,100 and then sold for $34 each. prepare an analysis to determine whether varto should sell the products as is or rework them and then sell them.