Pauley Company provides home health care. Pauley charges $35/hour for professional care. Variable costs are $21/hour and fixed costs are $78,000. Next year, Pauley expects to charge out 12,000 hours of home health care. What is the break-even point in hours? (Round to the nearest whole hour.)

a.3,714

b.1,393

c.2,229

d.5,571

e.12,000