Given a \(\$ 1,000\) unfavorable labor efficiency variance for the month of May, the manager of the manufacturing department has estimated that the probability of his process being in control is \(85 \%\) and the probability of an out-of-control situation is \(15 \%\). The cost of investigation is estimated to be \(\$ 5,000\) and the cost of correcting an out-ofcontrol situationis about \(\$ 6,000\). The estimated present value of cost savings associated with correcting the process is \(\$ 50,000\) if the process is dicovered to be out-of-control.

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Determine whether or not the company should investigate the process.