The air quality board recently informed Coffee Roast, a small coffee roasting firm, of a complaint regarding the smoke from its roaster. Recently enacted air quality regulations requires machine roasting more than 10 pounds of coffee to be equipped with expensive smoke-dissipating afterburners. The firm, however, roasts only 8 pounds of coffee at a time. Nevertheless, the company has decided to purchase and install an afterburner.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the firm's decision?
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AUntil setting on the new air quality regulations, the board had debated whether to require afterburners for machines roasting more than 5 pounds of coffee at a time.
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BCoffee roasted in a machine equipped with an afterburner has its flavor subtly altered.
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CThe cost to the firm of an afterburner is less than the cost of replacing its roaster with a smaller one.
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DFewer complaints are reported in areas that maintain strict rules regarding afterburners.
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EThe firm has reason to fear that negative publicity regarding the complaints could result in lost sales.
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