Granfield Company has a piece of manufacturing equipment with a book value of $35,500 and a remaining useful life of four years. At the end of the four years the equipment will have a zero salvage value. The market value of the equipment is currently $21,100. Granfield can purchase a new machine for $111,000 and receive $21,100 in return for trading in its old machine. The new machine will reduce variable manufacturing costs by $18,100 per year over the four-year life of the new machine. The total increase or decrease in net income by replacing the current machine with the new machine (ignoring the time value of money) is:
A. $17,500 increase
B. $72,400 decrease
C. $14,400 decrease
D. $48,850 increase
E. $17,500 decrease
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