$(9)$ Professional Profits Inc. is analyzing a project with anticipated sales of $12,500$ units, $+-2$ percent. The variable cost per unit is $$15,+-2$ percent, and the expected fixed costs are $$227,000,+-1$ percent. The sales price is

estimated at $$70$ a unit, $+-3$ percent. The depreciation expense is $$72,000$ and the tax rate is $21$ percent. What is the earnings before interest and taxes $($EBIT$)$ under the base$-$case scenario? $($Do not round intermediate

calculations. Enter your answer rounded to two decimal places i$.$e$.123456\mathrm{.}78.$ Do not input a comma or dollar sign with your final answer.$)$

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