Joyce Murphy runs a courier service in downtown Seattle. She charges clients $$0\mathrm{.}57$ per mile driven. Joyce has determined that if she drives $2,600$ miles in a month, her total operating cost is $$671.$ If she drives $5,500$ miles in a month, her total operating cost is $$990.$ Joyce has used the high$-$low method to determine that her monthly cost equation is total monthly cost $=$$$385+$$$0\mathrm{.}11$ per mile driven.

Required:

Determine how many miles Joyce needs to drive to break even.

Calculate Joyce's degree of operating leverage if she drives $5,700$ miles.

Suppose Joyce took a week off and her sales for the month decreased by $26$ percent. Using the degree of operating leverage, calculate the effect this will have on her profit for that month.

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Reorfired $1$

Determine how many miles Joyce needs to drive to break even.

Note: Round your intermediate calculations to $2$ decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole number.

Break$-$Even Units

Miles