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Socks Unlimited produces sports socks. The company has fixed expenses of $85,000 and variable expenses of $1.20 per package. Each package sells for $2.00. The number of packages Socks Unlimited needed to sell to earn an $22,000 operating income was 133,750 packages. If Socks Unlimited can decrease its variable costs to $1.00 per package by increasing its fixed costs to $100,000, how many packages will it have to sell to generate $22,000 of operating income? Is this more or less than before? Why? Begin by identifying the formula to compute the sales in units at various levels of operating income using the contribution margin approach. Fixed expenses + Operating income ) = Contribution margin per unit = Sales in units (Round your answer up to the nearest whole unit.) Socks Unlimited will have to sell packages to generate $22,000 of operating income