Justify the decision to upgrade the equipment

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Minuteman Manufacturing is considering upgrading a piece of equipment. If a certain upgrade helps reduce operating cost by $80 per hour of use and the upgraded equipment will be used on average 7 hours per day, what is the expected annual savings of upgrading the equipment over its remaining life of 8 years? What other factors do you need to take into consideration to justify the decision to upgrade the equipment?

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