automatic versus manual processing mid-town copy service processes 1,900,000 photocopies per month at its mid-town service center. approximately 60 percent of the photocopies require collating. collating is currently performed by high school and college students who are paid $10 per hour. each student collates an average of 5,000 copies per hour. management is contemplating the lease of an automatic collating machine that has a monthly capacity of 5,000,000 photocopies, with lease and operating costs totaling $985, plus $0.03 per 1,000 units collated. (a) determine the total costs of collating 500,000 and 1,500,000 per month: with student help: 500,000 answer 1,500,000 answer with the collating machine: 500,000 answer 1,500,000 answer (b) determine the monthly volume at which the automatic process becomes preferable to (cost less than) the manual process. answer copies.