Borges Machine Shop, Inc., has a 1-year contract for theproduction of 250,000 gear housings for a new off-road vehicle.Owner Luis Borges hopes the contract will be extended and thevolume increased next year. Borges has developed costs for threealternatives. They are general-purpose equipment (GPE), flexiblemanufacturing system (FMS), and expensive, but efficient,dedicated machine (DM). The cost data follow:

- The option FMS is best when the contracted volume is between____ and ____
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