Amber Chemical Compary currently operates tree manufacturing plants in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. Avnual carbon emissions for these plants in the first quarier of $2021$ are $130,000$ metic tons per quarter $($or $520\mathrm{.}000$ metric tons in $2021).$ Amber management is imestigating improved mandacturing techriques that will reduce annual carbon emissions to below $497,000$ matic tons so fhat the compary can meet Invironmental Protection Agency guidelines by $2022.$ Costs and benefts are as follows:

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Requirement $1.$ it Amber reduces ewissions by $1\%$ each quarter, begirning with the second quarter of $2021,$ will the compary reach is gool of $497,000$ metric tons by the end of $20227($Round all intermediary calculations and the amounts you input in the cells to the nearest dollar.$)$

Begin by calculating the quaterly emissions for each quarter though the end of $2022.$

Quarterly emissions

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Wil the company reach is goal of $497,000$ mevic tons by the end of $2022?$

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Requirement $2.$ What would be the net financial cost or beneft of their plan? ignore the time value of meney. $($Use parentheses or a minus sign lo show a net beneft$)$

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$$compary can meet Environmental Protection Agency guidelines by $2022.$ Costs and Benefls are as follow:

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Wil the comsary reach its goal of $407,000$ metris tove by the end of $26$a$27$

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Net cost $($buenefig of plan

Requirement $3.$ Whet factors other than cobt might weigh into Amber'e decision lo carry out this plan? What do you mearnand A$-$ber le do$?$

Avolsance of the EPA fine $$ Be the company$/$s sole motivation in carying out this plan. Reduong owton emiswions

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Amber Marapement has chosen to use Kaizen budpeting to achieve tes goal for carbon emissions.

If Amber reduces emissions by $1$ F each qualer, begivning with the second quarter of $2021,$ wil Pe compary reach its poel of $4\mathrm{.}77\mathrm{.}005$ mevic lens by the end of $2022?$

What would be the net financial cost or beneft of heir plan? lignowe the time value of money.

What factors ofter than cost might weigh into Amber's decision to carry out this plan? What do you recommend Amber to do$?$

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lonore the lime value of money. $($Une parertheses or a minus sign by ahow a neit benelf.$)$

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Aequirement $3.$ What factors other has cost might weigh into Ambers decision to carry out lis plen? What do you mecomenend Amber to do$?$

Avoidance of the EPA fine $$ be the company's sole motvabon in carring out his plan Reducing cabon enisions

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