Break$-$Even Sales

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

$*$Before special items

Assume that Molson$-$Coors sold $240$ million barrels of beer during the year, variable costs were $75\%$ of the cost of goods sold and $35\%$ of marketing, 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 $$50$ million.

Round intermediate calculations to the nearest cent and the final answers to the nearest whole barrel. $($Do not round to the nearest million.$)$

a$.$ Compute the break$-$even sales $($barrels$)$ for the current year.

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b$.$ Compute the anticipated break$-$even sales $($barrels$)$ for the following year.

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