Owner Sue Lan is considering franchising her Noodles by Lan restaurant concept. She believes people will pay $$5\mathrm{.}00$ for a large bowl of noodles. Variable costs are $$2\mathrm{.}00$ per bowl. Lan estimates monthly fixed costs for a franchise at $$4,500.$

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Requirement $1.$ Use the contribution margin ratio approach to find a franchise's breakeven sales in dollars.

Begin by showing the formula and then entering the amounts to calculate the breakeven point in sales dollars using the contribution margin approach. $($Enter a $"0"$ for any zero balances.

Abbreviation used: $CM=$ contribution margin.$)$

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$1$ Required sales in dollars