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ABC company sells its products for $16 per item. The fixed cost of the company are 240000 per year and the variable cost per item is $8. The management has been offered an opportunity to move into a smaller facility, which would lower the fixed cost to 200000 however, the variable cost per item would actually increase to $9 at this new facility management had come to your advice. Please calculate the brake even units required for both of the above scenarios. Give these 2 numbers to management. Then give your recommendations to the management team. As to whether they should move to the new facility or not.
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