Zoey started a shoe company that mainly sells its products online. She prides herself on fast delivery and accepts returns at no charge. Zoey avoids marketing because it costs money. She keeps increasing her supply of shoes. She believes business will pick up at some point. Zoey conducts audits of her suppliers to maintain product quality.

Afirm plans to begin production of a new small appliance. the manager must decide whether to purchase the motors for the appliance from a vendor at $10 each or to produce them in-house. either of two processes could be used for in-house production; process a would have an annual fixed cost of $200,000 and a variable cost of $7 per unit, and process b would have an annual fixed cost of $175,000 and a variable cost of $8 per unit. determine the range of annual volume for which each of the alternatives would be best. (round your first answer to the nearest whole number. include the indifference value itself in this answer.)