Break$-$Even Sales

Molson Coors Beverage Company $($TAP$)$ reported the following operating information for a recent year $($in millions$)$:

Line Item Description

Amount

Net sales

$$10,280$

Cost of goods sold

$(6,226)$

Gross profit

$$4,054$

Selling, general, and admin. expenses

$(2,555)$

Operating income

$$1,499*$

$*$Before special items

Assume that Molson Coors sold $200$ million barrels during the year, variable costs were $70\%$ of the cost of goods sold and $35\%$ of selling, general, and administrative expenses, and that the remaining costs are fixed. For the following year, assume that Molson Coors 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$ 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.

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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.

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