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Diego Company manufactures one product that is sold for $71 per unit in two geographic regions-East and West. The
following information pertains to the company's first year of operations in which it produced 54,000 units and sold 49,000
units.
Variable costs per unit:
Manufacturing:
Direct materials $22
Direct labor $12
Variable manufacturing overhead $3
Variable selling and administrative $5
Fixed costs per year:
Fixed manufacturing overhead $864,000
Fixed selling and administrative expense $586,000
The company sold 36,000 units in the East region and 13,000 units in the West region. It determined $280,000 of its fixed
selling and administrative expense is traceable to the West region, $230,000 is traceable to the East region, and the
remaining $76,000 is a common fixed expense. The company will continue to incur the total amount of its fixed
manufacturing overhead costs as long as it continues to produce any amount of its only product.
a. What is the company's break-even point in unit sales?
b. Is it above or below the actual unit sales?
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