A Small Police Department Wants to Buy a Machine with Which

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A small police department wants to buy a machine with which it can perform alcohol breath tests.It has never had this capability before but feels it is an essential tool as the community grows.The machine costs about $5,000,which is almost 75 percent of the department's entire supply budget.This purchase would be an example of which type of situation?

• A)extensive buying
• B)low-involvement buying
• C)new buy
• D)modified rebuy

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