Break$-$Even Sales

Cold One Beverage Company reported the following operating information for a recent year $($in millions$)$:

Line Item Description Amount

Net sales $$6,272$

Cost of goods sold $(1,568)$

Gross profit $$4,704$

Selling, general, and admin. expenses $(784)$

Operating income $$3,920$

Assume that Cold One sold $49$ million barrels during the year, variable costs were $70\%$ of the cost of goods sold and $50\%$ of selling, general, and administrative expenses, and that the remaining costs are fixed. For the following year, assume that Cold One expects pricing, variable costs per barrel, and fixed costs to remain constant, except that new distribution and general office facilities are expected to increase fixed costs by $$25\mathrm{.}87$ million.

a$.$ Compute the break$-$even sales $($barrels$)$ for the current year. Round intermediate computations to the nearest cent and final answer up to the nearest whole barrel

fill in the blank $1$ of $1$

$8\mathrm{.}98$

million barrels

b$.$ Compute the anticipated break$-$even sales $($barrels$)$ for the following year. Round intermediate computations to the nearest cent and final answer up to the nearest whole barrel

fill in the blank $1$ of $1$

$10\mathrm{.}59$

million barrels