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The Wiethoff Company Has a Contract to Produce 10,000 Garden

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The Wiethoff Company has a contract to produce 10,000 garden hoses for a customer. Wiethoff has four different machines that can produce this kind of hose. Because these machines are from different manufacturers and use differing technologies, their specifications are not the same and not all four machines have to be used to produce all of the garden hoses.  Fixed Cost to SetupVariable Cost Machine  Production Run  per Hose  Capacity 17501.25600025001.507500310001.00400043002.005000\begin{array}{cccc}&\text { Fixed Cost }\\&to~ Setup&Variable ~Cost\\\text { Machine } & \text { Production Run } & \text { per Hose } & \text { Capacity } \\\hline 1 & 750 & 1.25 & 6000 \\2 & 500 & 1.50 & 7500 \\3 & 1000 & 1.00 & 4000 \\4 & 300 & 2.00 & 5000\end{array}
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