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Astro Company sold $20,000$ units of its only product and reported income of $$25,000$ for the current year. During a

planning session for next year'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 $$241,000.$ The selling price per unit will not change.

Compute the break$-$even point in dollar sales for next year assuming the machine is installed.

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