(Related to Checkpoint 13.4) (Using break-even analysis) Mayborn Enterprises, LLC runs a number of sporting goods businesses and is currently analyzing a new T-shirt printing business. Specifically, the company is evaluating the feasibility of this business based on its estimates of the unit sales, price per unit, variable cost per unit, and fixed costs. The company's initial estimates of annual sales and other critical variables are shown here:

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a. Calculate the accounting and cash break-even annual sales volume in units.

b. Bill Mayborn is the grandson of the founder of the company and is currently enrolled in his junior year at the local state university. After reviewing the accounting break-even calculation done in part

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Bill wondered if the depreciation expense should be included in the calculation. Bill had just completed his first finance class and was well aware that depreciation is not an actual out-of-pocket expense but rather an allocation of the cost of the printing equipment used in the business over its useful life. What do you think? What can you learn from the cash and accounting break-even points?

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