Northern Cruiseline offershtly dinner cruises off the coast of Nanaimo and Victoria. Dinner cruise tickets sell for $ $80$ per passenger. Northern $$Cruiseline$\text{'}$s variable cost of providing the dinner is $ $30$ per$$ passenger, and the fixed cost of operating the vessels$($depreciation$,$ salaries, docking$$ fees, and other$$ expenses$)$ is $ $246$ comma $000$ per month. Under these$$ conditions, the$$ break$-$even point in tickets is $4$ comma $920$ and the$$ break$-$even point in sales dollars is $$$$393$ comma $600.$

Suppose Northern Cruiseline embarks on a$$ cost$-$reduction drive and slashes fixed expenses from $ $246$ comma $000$ per month to $ $237$ comma $000$ per month.

$1.$

Compute the new$$ break$-$even point in units and in sales dollars.

$2.$

Is the$$ break$-$even point higher or lower than under the original$$ conditions? Explain how changes in fixed costs generally affect the$$ break$-$even point.