Based on the type of cost that the original cost of the machine is, we can say that it represents a sunk cost.
This is a cost that a business has already incurred as regards a certain investment or asset. This cost cannot be recovered and so should not have any weight on future decisions made.
The original cost of the existing machine of $10,000, is a sunk cost because the company has already incurred it and cannot recover it.
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