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Flying Cloud Co. has the following operating data for its manufacturing operations:
Unit selling price | $218 |
Unit variable cost | $118 |
Total fixed costs | $831,000 |
The company has decided to increase the wages of hourly workers which will increase the unit variable cost by 10%. Increases in the salaries of factory supervisors and property taxes for the factory will increase fixed costs by 4%. If sales prices are held constant, the next break-even point for Flying Cloud Co. will be
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