For the year ended december 31, 2017, lopez company has implemented an employee bonus program based on lopez's net income, which employees will share equally. lopez's bonus expense is computed as $36,408.

The state in which the manufacturing company you work for is located regulates the presence of a particular substance in the environment to concentrations ≤ x. recently-released, reliable research endorsed by the responsible federal agency conclusively demonstrates that the substance poses no risks at concentrations up to 5x. your company has asked you to consider designing a new process with a waste discharge stream containing up to 2x of the substance. based on the stated conditions, describe this possible.