Crane Corp.$\text{'}$s sales slumped badly in $2025.$ For the first time in its history, it operated at a loss. The company's income statement showed the following results from selling $585,500$ units of product: sales $$2,927,500,$ total costs and expenses $$3,024,875,$ and net loss $$97,375.$ Costs and expenses consisted of the following amounts.

$\backslash$table$[[,$Total,Variable,Fixed,$],[$Cost of goods sold,$$2,486,215,$$$2,008,265,$$$477,950,],[$Selling expenses,$292,750,107,732,185,018,],[$Administrative expenses,$245,910,,79,628,166,282],[,$$$3,024,875,$$$2,195,625,$$$829,250,]]$

Management is considering the following independent alternatives for $2026.$

Increase the unit selling price $25\%$ with no change in total costs, total expenses, and sales volume.

Change the compensation of sales personnel from fixed annual salaries totaling $$175,650$ to total salaries of $$70,260$ plus a $5\%$ commission on sales. All other total costs, total expenses, and total sales remain unchanged.

$($a$)$

Your answer is correct.

Compute the break$-$even point in sales dollars for $2025.$

Break$-$even point $

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$($b$)$

Compute the contribution margin ratio under each of the alternative courses of action. $($Round answers to $0$ decimal places, eg$.52\%.)$

Contribution margin ratio for alternative $1$

Contribution margin ratio for alternative $2$

Compute the break$-$even point in sales dollars under each of the alternative courses of action. $($Round intermediate value for contribution margin ratio to $0$ decimal places, eg$.52\%$ and final answer to $0$ decimal places, e$.5,275.)$

Break$-$even point for alternative $1$$

Break$-$even point for alternative $2$$