Manufacturing costs for Marigold are as follows; these costs support one cycle of production that yields $1,200$ phone cases:

Costs per Cycle to Make

DM

$$9,000$

DL

$5,500$

Variable$-$ MOH

$3,000$

Fixed$-$MOH $($total$),82,500$

If Marigold decides to purchase the cases, $$67,120$ of the fixed$-$MOH costs will be unavoidable.

$($a$)$

Your answer is correct.

At what price would Marigold be indifferent about making its own phone cases versus buying from a supplier? $($Round answer to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.15\mathrm{.}25.)$

Price per case

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$($c$)$

If Marigold could purchase similar quality phone cases from a supplier for $$24$ each, how much additional savings would it need to find in its fixed costs for this to be an equally attractive quantitative option?

Additional savings