Kent Co. manufactures a product that sells for $63.00. Fixed costs are $396,000 and variable costs are $30.00 per unit. Kent can buy a new production machine that will increase fixed costs by $19,800 per year, but will decrease variable costs by $4.80 per unit. What effect would the purchase of the new machine have on Kent's break-even point in units?

Multiple Choice

• 1,000 unit increase.
• 1,000 unit decrease.
• 6,989 unit increase.
• 7,288 unit decrease.
• No effect on the break-even point in units.