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Parkins Company produces and sells a single product. The company's income statement for the most recent month is given below:

Sales (38,000 units at $41 per unit)						$	1,558,000
Less manufacturing costs:
Direct materials		$	304,000
Direct labor (variable)			380,000
Variable factory overhead			76,000
Fixed factory overhead			190,000				950,000
Gross margin							608,000
Less selling and other expenses:
Variable selling and other expenses			152,000
Fixed selling and other expenses			266,000				418,000
Net operating income						$	190,000

There are no beginning or ending inventories.

Required:
a.	Compute the company's monthly break-even point in units of product. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

Break-even point in units

b.	What would the company's monthly net operating income be if sales increased by 27% and there is no change in total fixed expenses?

Net operating income

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c.	What dollar sales must the company achieve in order to earn a net operating income of $210,000 per month? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

Sales

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d.

The company has decided to automate a portion of its operations. The change will reduce direct labor costs per unit by 37 percent, but it will double the costs for fixed factory overhead. Compute the new break-even point in units. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to the nearest whole number.)

New break-even point in units

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