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Astro Co$.$ sold $19,700$ units of its only product and incurred a $$59,290$ loss $($ignoring taxes$)$ for the current year, as shown here. During a planning session for year $2020\text{'}$s activities, the production manager notes that variable costs can be reduced $40\%$ by installing a machine that automates several operations. To obtain these savings, the company must increase its annual fixed costs by $$147,000.$ The maximum output capacity of the company is $40,000$ units per year.

$2.$ Compute the predicted break$-$even point in dollar sales for $2020$ assuming the machine is installed and there is no change in the unit selling price. $($Round your answers to $2$ decimal places.$)$

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