You Are Considering the Purchase of Production Volume of 100,000

You are considering the purchase of production volume of 100,000 widgets per year.You can purchase either a single 100,000 widget per year machine that costs $1,000,000 or first buy a 50,000 per year machine and then if sales volume permits,purchase another machine later.If widget production volume costs the same per unit to produce,what should the cost of the 50,000 per year machine be (to you) if there is a real option to expand production?

A) less than $500,000
B) $500,000
C) greater than $500,000
D) it is impossible to tell from the information given