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3. Sarena Wilkes, owner of San Jose Café, is negotiating with the lessor regarding the lease of the building for the next five years. The lessor has proposed the following lease payment options: Monthly fixed lease payment of $2,000 Monthly fixed lease payment of $1,000 plus 3 percent of net sales Monthly variable lease payment of 6 percent of net sales.
a) What is the indifference point among the three proposals?
b) If expected average annual net sales are $350,000, which lease option should be recommended to Sarena?
c) If the expected average net sales are $500,000, which lease option should be recommended to Sarena?