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The Fashion Shoe Company operates a chain of womens shoe shops carrying many styles of shoes all sold for $25 per pair. Sales personnel in the shops are paid a sales commission on each pair of shoes sold plus a small base salary.

The following data pertains to Shop 48 and is typical of the companys many outlets:

	Per Pair of Shoes
Selling price	$ 25.00
Variable expenses:
Invoice cost	$ 11.50
Sales commission	3.50
Total variable expenses	$ 15.00

	Annual
Fixed expenses:
Advertising	$ 44,000
Rent	34,000
Salaries	170,000
Total fixed expenses	$ 248,000

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4. The company is considering paying the Shop 48 store manager an incentive commission of 75 cents per pair of shoes (in addition to the salespersons commission). If this change is made, what will be the new break-even point in unit sales and dollar sales?

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "New break-even point in unit sales" up to the nearest whole unit and round "New break-even point in dollar sales" to the nearest whole dollar.