Table provides a vendor comparison for a system that is under consideration for purchase. Based on the data provided, which system should be selected under each of the following scenarios?

a. Lowest cost of monthly maintenance per workstation at the maximum number of workstations.

b. Lowest total system cost for 10 years of operations.

c. Most invoices processed per hour per data entry clerk. (Assume maximum number of workstations required to produce the provided number of invoices per minute.)

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Vendors Criteria B Documentation quality Cost of typical configuration Monthly maintenance of typical configuration Maximum number of workstations poob $29,900 good poor $53,630 $59,300 $422 $515 $448 8 32 32 Benchmark results: Number of invoices/minute 4 Query response time (seconds) 1 1.5 2.0