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The Andrea S. Fault Seismometer Company is anall-equity-financed firm. It earnsmonthly, after taxes, $24,000 on sales of $880,000. The tax rate ofthe company is 40 per-cent. The company’s only product, “The Desktop Seismometer,” sellsfor $200, of which$150 is variable cost.a. What is the company’s monthly fixed operating cost?b. What is the monthly operating break-even point in units? Indollars?c. Compute and plot the degree of operating leverage (DOL) versusquantity producedand sold for the following possible monthly sales levels: 4,000units; 4,400 units;4,800 units; 5,200 units; 5,600 units; and 6,000 units.d. What does the graph that you drew (see Part (c)) – andespecially the company’s DOLat its current sales figure – tell you about the sensitivity of thecompany’s operatingprofit to changes in sales?