Lopez Company is considering replacing one of its old manufacturing machines. The old machine has a book value of $47,000 and a remaining useful life of five years. It can be sold now for $57,000. Variable manufacturing costs are $47,000 per year for this old machine. Information on two alternative replacement machines follows. The expected useful life of each replacement machine is five years. Machine A Machine B
Purchase price$ 118,000$ 131,000
Variable manufacturing costs per year21,000 14,000
(a) Compute the income increase or decrease from replacing the old machine with Machine A.
(b) Compute the income increase or decrease from replacing the old machine with Machine B.
(c) Should Lopez keep or replace its old machine

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