An engineer of a manufacturing company has determined the costs of producing a new product to be as follows: Equipment cost: $300,000/year Variable cost per unit of production: $15.00 Overhead cost: $50,000/year The company is planning to run this project for 5 years and estimated that the product can be sold for a unit price of $40. How many units must be produced and sold each year to break even? [Hints: no interest is given, so no consideration of time value of money. Use the knowledge you learnt in chapter 2]

An engineer of a manufacturing company has determined the costs of producing a new product to be as follows: Equipment cost: $300,000/year Variable cost per unit of production: $15.00 Overhead cost: $50,000/year The company is planning to run this project for 5 years and estimated that the product can be sold for a unit price of $40. How many units must be produced and sold each year to break even? [Hints: no interest is given, so no consideration of time value of money. Use the knowledge you learnt in chapter 2]

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