HomeDepot, Inc.(HD), had 1244 million shares of common stock outstanding in2016, whereas LowesCompanies, Inc.(LOW), had 929 million shares outstanding.

Assuming HomeDepot's 2016 interest expense is $919 million, Lowes' interest expense is $552 million, and a 35 percent tax rate for bothfirms, what is theirbreak-even level of operating income(i.e., the level of EBIT where EPS is the same for bothfirms)?