In 2008, a military engineer estimated the cost for a classified laser-guided device to be $376,900. The

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In 2008, a military engineer estimated the cost for a classified laser-guided device to be $376,900. The engineer used the M&S equipment index for the years 1998 and 2008 and the cost-capacity equation with an exponent value of 0.61. If the original equipment had only one-fourth the capacity of the new equipment, what was the cost of the original equipment in 1998?