Piedmont Company segments its business into two regions—Northand South. The company prepared the contribution format segmentedincome statement as shown:
| | Total Company | | | North | | | South |
Sales | $ | 825,000 | | $ | 550,000 | | $ | 275,000 |
Variable expenses | | 495,000 | | | 385,000 | | | 110,000 |
Contribution margin | | 330,000 | | | 165,000 | | | 165,000 |
Traceable fixed expenses | | 144,000 | | | 72,000 | | | 72,000 |
Segment margin | | 186,000 | | $ | 93,000 | | $ | 93,000 |
Common fixed expenses | | 64,000 | | | | | | |
Net operating income | $ | 122,000 | | | | | | |
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Required:
1. Compute the companywide break-even point in dollar sales.
2. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the Northregion.
3. Compute the break-even point in dollar sales for the Southregion.
(For all requirements, round your intermediatecalculations to 2 decimal places. Round your final answers to thenearest dollar.)