Brazosport Pipe Corporation
the Capital Budgeting Committee of the Brazosport $\text {\underline{ Old machine} }$

Brazosport Pipe Corporation
The capital budgeting committee of the Brazosport Pipe Corporation is evaluating the possibility of replacing its old pipe-bending machine with a more advanced model.Information on the existing machine and the new model follows:
                                                                        $\text {\underline{ Old machine} }$    $\text {\underline{ New machine} }$
$\begin{array}{lll}\text { Original cost } & \$ 200,000 && \$ 400,000 \\\text { Market value now } & 8,000 & \\\text {Market value in year 5 } & 0& & 20,000 \\\text { Anmual cash operating costs } & 40,000&&10,000 \\\text { Remaininglife } & 5\text { yrs } &&5 yrs\end{array}$








Refer to Brazosport Pipe Corporation.The $80,000 market value of the existing machine is

A) a sunk cost.
B) an opportunity cost of selling the old machine.
C) irrelevant to the equipment replacement decision.
D) a historical cost.